先看无笔记版本，再看知识点哦
1.Surprising though it may be to employees who expect firms to indulge their odd working hours, their tastes in coffee and their pets, the answer is often yes.
这是一个倒装句：原来的顺序是
Though it may be surprising to employees....
语法结构是
形容词+as/though（尽管，虽然）+主语+谓语
2.关于炒鱿鱼，失去工作的集中表达
lose one's job
sacking
dismissal
fire
3.retaliate 报复
4.in one's interests 对...有利
5.be a cornerstone of... 的基石
6.immutable 不可改变的
7.look the part 看起来像某种人（这里指上班的着装要看起来像样）
8.hold one's nerve 控制住情绪
9.all the more important更重要
all the more+形容词 表比较级的意思