讓我們再來看一段空間發展的範例

 

這是法國文豪，雨果 (Victor Hugo) 所描述滑鐵盧戰役時的軍隊部署狀態。試著一邊閱讀，一邊拿一張紙來把當時戰爭的狀況畫出來，看看你有沒有抓到文章中的空間發展描述。

 

Those who would get a clear idea of the battle of Waterloo have on lay down upon the ground in their mind a capital A. The left stroke of the A is the road from Nivelles; the right stroke is the road from Genappe; the cross of the A is the sunken road from Chain to Braine-l'Alleud. The top of the A is Mont St. Jean; Wellington is there. The left-hand lower point is Hougomont; Reille is there with Jerome Bonaparte. The right-hand lower point is La Belle Alliance, Napoleon is there. A little below the point where the cross of the A meets, and cuts the right stroke, is La Haie Sainte. At the middle of this cross is the precise point where the final battle word was spoken. There the lion is placed, the involuntary symbol of the supreme heroism of the imperial guard.

The triangle contained at the top of the A, between the two strokes plateau was the whole of the battle and the cross. is s the plateau of Mont St. Jean. The struggle for this plateau was the whole of the battle.

The wings of the two armies extended to the right and left of the two roads from Genappe and from Nivelles; D'Erlon being opposite Picton, Reille opposite Hill.

 

Behind the point of the A, behind the plateau of Mont St. Jean, is the forest of the Soignes.

As to the plain itself, we must imagine a vast, undulating country; each wave commands the next, and these undulations, rising toward Mont St. Jean, are there bounded by the forest.

摘自 The Battle of Waterloo, 'Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

 

在雨果的文章中，大量使用一些過渡詞來幫助我們了解戰場的空間。

這樣的技巧在空間發展時，是很常使用的

以下列出其他在空間發展段落中常用的過渡詞，可以幫助你寫作時在句子之間的連結

 

above, before me, here, on the left, across from, below, in the distance, on the right, adjacent to, beyond, nearby, opposite, also, furher, next to, on top of, up, down, close to, beneath, under, around, near to, over....