我们讲的英语第144期:Gatecrash 不请自来

重点讲解：
1. off hand
马上；立即；无需询问（或查证）；
eg. I can't think of any off hand.
我现在一个也想不出来。
eg. I can't answer your question off hand.
我不能立即答复你的问题。
2. every now and then
时而；有时；
eg. And every now and then, something amazing happens.
不时地也会发生些不可思议的事。
eg. A good argument is essential, every now and then.
偶尔的良性争执，是很有必要的。
3. as such
（与否定词连用）严格来说，真正意义上；
eg. I am not a learner as such —I used to ride a bike years ago.
严格说来，我并不完全是一个初学者——几年前我经常骑自行车。
eg. Mark joined as an office boy at the age of fourteen with no academic qualifications as such at all.
马克在14岁的时候以勤杂员的身份进入公司，他当时根本就没有任何学历。
4. show up
如约赶到；出现；露面；
eg. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time.
他航行去了，而且很长一段时间没有露面。
eg. When he eventually did show up, it was obvious to all that he had changed his original idea.
当他最终出现时，所有的人都清楚他已经改变了他最初的想法。
5. for a change
换换口味；变个花样；
eg. Now let me ask you a question, for a change.
现在换我来问你一个问题吧。
eg. Liz settled back in her seat, comfortably relaxed, enjoying being driven for a change.
莉兹舒服放松地倚在座位上，享受着换别人开车的惬意。