tā de / yán jiū gōng zuò / zàn shí / gào yī duàn luò / jiē xià lái / yào / zhǔn bèi / lùn wén dá biàn

他的研究工作暂时告一段落，接下来要准备论文答辩。

His research work has come to a pause for now; next he needs to prepare for his thesis defense.