19. interdependency 相互依存
20. many people, if not most, argue that --- 如果不是大多数人的话
most people, if not all, contend that --- 如果有任何好处也很少。
21. hostile adj. 敌对的
hostility n. 敌对
22. extend the forecast 延长这个预测
23. promote 提升、倡导、促销
promote peace 倡导和平
promote products 促销产品
promote one s career 提升职业
24. ruin one s career 毁灭sb的职业生涯
block one s career 阻止sb职业
block sb from doing sth 阻止
boost one s career = advance one s career
career women = employed women = working women
25. reduce the likelihood 减少可能
in all likelihood 非常可能
26. instinct 本能
27. context 上下文、背景、环境
28. invariably = always
invariable 不变的
29. have an overwhelming advantage/ edge over peers
overwhelming/ landslide（滑坡） victory 压倒性优势
30. hence + 名词结构
31. take/ run the risk 冒风险
32. risk one s life by doing sth 通过做sth使 sb 生命冒风险
33. He asserts that ---
他坚持认为几乎所有的高科技公司，比如说惠普、微软，都不会冒风险去转变他们的营收模式。
He asserts that virtually all high-tech firms, from HP to Microsoft, would not run the risk of transforming their revenue model. than chimps.
34. Repetition is the mother of success.
35. authority on ---的权威、专家
Chinese authorities 中国当局
occupational authorities 占领当局
36. tribe 部落
37. introduction of tobacco into China 烟草引入中国
38. small potato 小人物
couch potato 电视迷
mouse potato 网虫