Just like in everyday person-to-person conversation, a discussion topic needs a common frame of reference to carry on the conversation.

就象日常的面对面对话一样，讨论主题需要有一个公共的参考框架以便使对话进行下去。

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Class will start with lecture and usually include a special discussion topic having to do with the day’s lecture to inspire new and original thought.

每节课首先开始讲座，一般会在随后设置一个特别的话题（和每次的讲座有关）进行讨论，藉此激发出学生新的原创想法。

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In the discussion threading service, an example of connected resource representations might include a root discussion topic and its attributes, and embed links to the responses given to that topic.

在讨论线程服务中，连接的资源表示形式的示例可能包括根讨论主题及其属性，以及指向为该主题提供的响应的嵌入链接。

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The iPad experiment was never a discussion topic when I went to parent teacher conferences.

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