4.對討論的議題提出摘要

1　The main purpose/idea/intention of……is……

The main purpose of this study is to research aesthetic conception in planting design.

本文主要目的是研究綠植設計中的審美觀。

The main idea of the thesis is to review the creative characteristics of Fang Fang's novels.

本文的主旨是審讀方方小說的創作特點。

The main intention of this dissertation is to explain how to do research.

本文的主要目的是解釋如何做研究。

2　……is the primary aim of this paper.

Discussing ways to bring peace to the area is the primary aim of this paper.

本論文的主要目的是討論如何給這一地區帶來和平。

Showing poverty and its relationship to population is the primary intention of this paper.

本文的主要目的是說明貧困以及它與人口問題的關系。

Education reform in China is the basic topic of this dissertation.

本文的主要論題是中國的教育改革。