The Third
Message
Dear Mitsu,
Thank you for your third message. My comments follow.
Sincerely,
Prof Sue Stiner
Yamamoto Mituhiro wrote:
> Dear Dr. Stiner,
> > Does your mother do ikebana? The kitchen must be a wonderful place to
> > be with fresh flowers in it. What is your mother's favorite flower?
> My mother doesn't do ikebana.
> She likes cherry blossoms.
> My favorite flower is the cherry blossom, too.
> The cherry blossom is the national
flower of
And it is a beautiful flower! We are fortunate that the Japanese people
gave the
The cherry blossoms are so beautiful when they bloom!
> In April, Many people enjoy eating and drinking around
> the cherry blossom trees when they are in full blossom.
> At the end of the season, the cherry petals fall like snowflakes.
> The scene is REALLY beautiful!!!!
Yes, it is. A picnic under the cherry trees must be wonderful.
Did you have a picnic in April under the cherry trees?
> > Wow!
> > Do you speak French?
> I took French class for two years in my university.
> So I understand it a little.
> When I went to
> > > >When will you come to
> > > I haven't decided yet.
> > > I miss my host family VERY much.
> > Do you write to them? Or email them?
> > Did you stay with the same host family each time?
> I stayed with the same host family each time.
>We keep in touch with each other by email.
How nice! Does your host family speak Japanese?
> > > Probably I will go
> > When you do, I hope you will visit me.
> Thanks a lot! I want to see you and work together in your garden.
> Communing with nature is a good pasttime for me.
And for me, too! So come on over and we will work together.
> > What is your favorite sport?
> I'm good at basketball.
> I belonged to the basketball team for 3 years when I was a high school student.
What position did you play? Do you go to basketball games for fun now?
> > How many years have you studied English? Your written English is very
> > good. Is your spoken English just as good?
> I have been studying English for 8 years.
> I can understand it if they speak slowly and clearly.
>but my spoken English skill is not so good.
Reading, speaking and writing are three separate language skills.
Do you get much chance to practice speaking English?
For homework this week:
1. Tell me what browser you use when you are on the Internet. I use Netscape 4.7.
I use Netscape 4.7, too.
2. Do you usually connect to the Internet
from home or from school when you do the work for this course? Is your
connection fast or slow? I connect from home, using my Comcast cable connection. It is a fast line.
I connect to the Internet from school. My connection is pretty fast.
3.
What day of the week and what time of day do you first check for my
reply to your message? I usually
write my
messages
on Sunday afternoon in
I check your reply on Tuesday
4. Visit
revenue for the year 2001?
$52,550,000,000 (fifty-two billion, five hundred fifty million US dollars)
5. Visit Villanova University, and see the Department of Accountancy.
I saw Department of Accountancy.
6. Use any search engine to search the Net
for "balance sheet." Tell me how many "hits" you have,
i.e., how many
documents
have that phrase in it? Tell me what search engine you used. For example, I used Google to find
"balance sheet." There were 932,000 (nine hundred thirty-two thousand) hits.
I used yahoo to find it. There were 2,010 hits.
7. Finally, visit a very helpful Internet
site for accounting information (RAW).
It is maintained by
in
I bookmarked .
Sincerely,
Mitsu