趣味青春英语电台 第252期:Put a cork in it(在线收听) |
Idiom: Put a cork in it ( shut up )
Hit the book:
Outgoing
Shift
Grungy
Minimal
Take precedence
Cause
Work ethic
Sacrifice
AWOL
Acknowledge
No stranger to hard yakka, he began working at KFC at 14 and put in 30-hour weeks during his senior high school years. Wall moved out of home after graduating and his outgoings during his year doing double shift included rent of $90 a week on a grungy share pad and running costs for the Mazda 121 he bought from his mother for $2000. Social life was minimal—"I didn't party as much as everyone else"—with the greater goal of home ownership at a young age taking precedence.
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