On any given day, you can ski in the morning and swim with seals in the afternoon.(假期中的)隨便哪一天,你都可以早上滑雪,下午跟海豹在海中暢游。
Alice missed the bus and consequently was late for school.(愛麗絲沒有趕上公車,結果上學遲到了。)
any given day
為什麼要說「any given day」而不直接說「any day」?就是要把握「現在擁有」的這一天,把握現在、活在當下!
例如:
On any given day, you can ski in the morning and swim with seals in the afternoon.(假期中的)隨便哪一天,你都可以早上滑雪,下午跟海豹在海中暢游。
美式足球電影《挑戰星期天》(Any Given Sunday)中有句台詞:On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose.(每個星期天的比賽皆有贏有輸,弦外之音就是:看你有沒有樂在其中。)
對照人的一生,千萬別把原本可以有精彩生活的「每一個」(Any Given)「星期天」(Sunday)浪費了。
Consequently
「Consequently」是「結果、因為……必然地」
例如:
Alice missed the bus and consequently was late for school.(愛麗絲沒有趕上公車,結果上學遲到了。)
They had children and were consequently tied to the school schedule.(因為他們有孩子,作息理所當然就跟著學校的課程安排。)