很难很难新概念4里23课有一段：It tires not,nor does it boast of its power; but belongs to the air,travelling it may be six thousand miles to and from its northern nesting home,feeding its flown young as it flies,and slipping through a med

很难很难新概念4里23课有一段：It tires not,nor does it boast of its power; but belongs to the air,travelling it may be six thousand miles to and from its northern nesting home,feeding its flown young as it flies,and slipping through a med
很难很难
新概念4里23课有一段：
It tires not,nor does it boast of its power; but belongs to the air,travelling it may be six thousand miles to and from its northern nesting home,feeding its flown young as it flies,and slipping through a medium that seems to help its passage even when the wind is abverse.
请分析it may be,放在当中符合语法吗?

很难很难新概念4里23课有一段：It tires not,nor does it boast of its power; but belongs to the air,travelling it may be six thousand miles to and from its northern nesting home,feeding its flown young as it flies,and slipping through a med
是合乎语法的,这里的it may be是插入语
有回答提出将Travelling it断为主语,虽然这样断句单个的travelling it may be ...home.这句话没什么问题,但从整体考虑有两个理由不能如此断句：
其一,如果这样断句,那么前面的but (it省略) belongs to the air这句话就和travelling it may be ...home这句话是平等的关系,而在英语中关系平等的句子一半会用类似and but or等等连接词连接,这里并没有连接词,所以整句话应该是以but (it省略) belongs to the air为主句,后面的部分做为对主句的修饰.
其二,从后面的句式来看,这句话的句式为：
but (it省略) belongs to the air,travelling..., feeding..., and slipping...
可以看到travelling和后面的feeding以及slipping应该是同样的构成（动词现在分词接名词/动名词）,主句的主语it和travel feed slip构成逻辑上的主谓关系,也就是it travels it feeds and it slips
由以上分析可以看出,即使没有it may be,整个句子的成分也是很完整,合乎语法的.仔细体会这句话,这里的it所指正是travelling to and from its northern nesting home这件事情,说的是飞去飞来可能要怎么样.
从文本叙事的角度说.因为在叙述的时候,所陈述的事情都是事实,不明显存在作者的观点,因此叙述者在这里实际是隐藏的,当陈述到飞去飞来的距离时,叙述者不确定所述内容的准确性,因此作了停顿,用it may be将自己表现出来,然后又回到单纯的事实叙述.
lz可以好好体会一下.

不是it may be，而是travelling it，may be是“可能”的意思，travelling it ，穿越它，may be six thousand miles可能要多少英里.....

我没法给你很专业的解释，但我可以跟你说完全合理，而且符合语法
这句话的主要意思是："travelling to and from its northern nesting home" "飞出和飞到它们北方的巢窝"
而中间加上"it may be six thousand miles" 就是 "飞出和飞到它们北方的巢窝，距离大约在6千美里"
把it may be 放在 ...

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我没法给你很专业的解释，但我可以跟你说完全合理，而且符合语法
这句话的主要意思是："travelling to and from its northern nesting home" "飞出和飞到它们北方的巢窝"
而中间加上"it may be six thousand miles" 就是 "飞出和飞到它们北方的巢窝，距离大约在6千美里"
把it may be 放在 travelling 的后面是很地道的用法，翻译过来成中文却不能直接的翻译，而是要根据意思改变下顺序！

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加上去觉得怪怪的。about差不多。