4.对讨论的议题提出摘要

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绿植设计中的审美观。

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

本文的主旨是审读方方小说的创作特点。

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

本文的主要目的是解释如何做研究。

2　……is the primary aim of this paper.

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

本论文的主要目的是讨论如何给这一地区带来和平。

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

本文的主要目的是说明贫困以及它与人口问题的关系。

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

本文的主要论题是中国的教育改革。