依照上面四个结构分析步骤，我们对下面的句子进行了分解与解析，希望同学们能够在看完例子后，有进一步的理解。

　　例句：In Africa I met a boy，who was crying as if his heart would break and said，when I spoke to him，that he was hungry because he had had no food for two days.

　　例句分析：

　　第一，拆分句子。

　　这个长句可以拆分为四段：①“In Africa I met a boy”②“who was crying as if his heart would break”、③“when I spoke to him，that he was hungry because”、④“he had had no food for two days”.

　　第二，句子的结构分析。

　　(1)主干结构是主语+过去式+宾语——“I met a boy”；

　　(2)“crying”后面是壮语从句“as if his heart would break”；

　　(3)“when I spoke to him”是介于“said”和“that he was hungry because”之间的插入语。

　　第三，难点部分的处理。

　　“crying as if his heart would break”应译为哭得伤心极了。

　　参考译文：

　　在非洲，我遇到一个小孩，他哭得伤心极了，我问他时，他说他饿了，两天没有吃饭了。