Dear Prof. Stiner,

  Thank　you for your reply! 

 Lin, you do not need to find a book on Chinese accounting. Tell me again 

  when you came to Japan?

  I have been in Japan about five years. 

  Lin, I am not familiar with a “NIGO”.  Can you find a picture of one on the web?  If you can, please send me the URL. 

  How long have you been studying music?

  I am very glad to introduce it to you.　How about next week?

  Next week will be fine.  I look forward to your lesson!.

  I have studied it about four years.

  So you learned your instrument after you came to Japan. 

HOMEWORK

  1. 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 Monday after my part-time work.

  Do you usually write your messages in the morning or in the afternoon or in the evening?

       I usually write my message in the afternoon.

  2. Visit America's largest telecommunications company, AT&T.  Click here for a recent press release. 

      What is the amount of its reported net income for the first　quarter of 2004?  (Hint: the answer is in the first sentence of the press release.)

  AT&T today reported net income of $304 million.

     Lin, it is important to include the dollar sign in front of the money amount.

 5. Visit Villanova University, and see the Department of Accountancy. 

     I think that VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY is a very great university in America.

  The department has a long history of perparing its graduates for meaningful employment in a wide-range of positons. 

     Thank you, Lin.  We work hard to make Villanova well-known on the East Coast. Our president would like it to be well-known nation-wide! 

 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 3,740,000 

    (three million seven hundred forty thousand) hits.

   I used yahoo to find "balace sheet." There were 6,200,000(six millon twohundred thousand)hits.

Correct!

7. Finally, visit a very helpful Internet site for accounting information (RAW).  It is maintained by Rutgers University in New Jersey.  

    Use the navigation bar on the left　to see the accounting sites.

  This net can found in the school's cammputer. I will see it in the other place

     Sorry, Lin. This site is seen with Netscape 7.1 or Internet Explorer6.0. It cannot be seen with Netscape 4.7.

Sincerely yours,

Lin