Thus it was no surprise that he threatened to cut Joanne off completely1 when, as a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin2, she fell in love with Abdulfattah "John" Jandali3, a Muslim teaching assistant from Syria4.

解：强调句作主句1+伴随状语2+分句3+同位语4

析：主句是由“It was + 被强调部分+ that+ 其他部分”的结构组成，其中，被强调的部分是“ no surprise”；分句 “when, as a graduate....assistant from Syria”是时间状语从句，表示主句动作状态发生的时间; “as a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin”作分句主语“she”的伴随状语；名词性结构“a Muslim teaching assistant from Syria”作“Abdulfattah "John" Jandali”的同位语，对其身份进行补充说明。

重点词汇词组

1.immigrate 移居，移民（强调移入国）

10,000 people are expected to immigrate in the next two years.

在今后两年里，一万人有望移民。

【常见搭配】

immigrate into/to sth

His family immigrated to Canada shortly after the war started.

战争开始后不久，他的家人移民到加拿大。

【反义词】

emigrate 移居，移民（强调移出国）

Millions of Germans emigrated from Europe in the nineteenth century.

19世纪有数百万德国人从欧洲移居国外。

2.dabble 涉猎；涉足

He first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.

他第一次涉足政治是在上法学院的时候。

【近义词】

play, toy, tinker, fiddle

3.cut off 切断，切掉

The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital.

叛乱者已经切断了首都的电力。

【常见搭配】

①cut and paste 复制粘贴

②cut sb short 打断某人说话

【相关俚语】

cut sb dead 假装没看见某人

I said "Good morning" but he just cut me dead.

我打招呼说“早上好”，他却装作没看见我。

4.prominent 重要的，著名的

He is a prominent member of the Saudi royal family.

他是沙特王室的杰出成员。

【常见搭配】

play a prominnet part 起重要作用

He played a prominent part in the campaign.

他在这次运动中发挥了重要作用。

【词汇拓展】

prominently, prominence

5.conservative 保守的，守旧的

Older people tend to be more conservative and a bit suspicious of anything new.

年纪大的人往往比较保守，对任何新事物都有点怀疑。

【常见搭配】

①conservative outlook 保守的观点

②conservative society 保守的社会

③conservative design 保守的设计

④conservative estimate 保守的估计

【反义词】

liberal, radical, progressive

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