趣味青春英语电台 第252期:Put a cork in it

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　　Put a cork¹ in it ( shut up )

　　Hit the book:

　　Outgoing

　　Shift

　　Grungy

　　Minimal²

　　Take precedence

　　Cause

　　Work ethic³

　　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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