重点词汇词组：

1.And yet my little man¹ seemed² neither to be straying uncertainly among the sands, nor to be fainting from fatigue or hunger or thirst or fear³.

1.结构分析

主1+系2+表3

2.重点词汇词组

stray v. 迷路，走失

eg. I strayed a few blocks in the wrong drection.

我沿着错误的方向走了几个街区。

【近义词/词组】lost，straggle，go astray，lose your way

fatigue n. 疲劳

eg. Driver fatigue was to blame for the accident.

这个事故是驾驶员疲劳所致。

thirst n. 口渴

eg. Order me a soda, I'm dying of thirst.

给我要杯汽水，我快渴死了。

【拓展】“yet”的用法总结

①. yet作连词，表示转折，意为“但是”“而”

eg. I have failed, yet I shall try again.

我失败了，但我还要尝试。

②. yet有时用在句首。

eg. Yet the house was cheerful.

但屋子里显得很欢快。

③. yet有时可与并列连词and或but连用，构成习语and yet和but yet，意思均相当于表转折的but。

eg. She's vain and foolish, and yet people like her.

她很虚荣愚蠢，但人们却喜欢她。

④. although不能与but连用，但可以与yet连用。

eg. Although we have made some progress, yet we still have a long way to go.

我们虽然取得了些进步，但还是远远不够的。

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