Lesson12
Dear Ichi,
Thank you for your twelfth message. My comments follow.
Sorry this reply is late. Sumi massen.
Sincerely,
Prof. Sue Garreis
<Mail>
Dear Professor Sue Garreis，
Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English.
⇒Every year my local snows.
However, came to descend from the snow in
Chiba.
I'm a bit lonely.
What is your favorite kind of weather?
⇒I like sunny days.
This season it is called “Akibare” in Japan.
It is very good feeling.
==> I like sunny, cool days in fall best.
==>Thank you for the Japanese
word, "akibare".
I found a web site about Moteki.
It is here:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Moteki
Did you see the movie or a TV
show?
⇒Thank you for your link.
I saw both.
It is very interesting.
Particularly, I like the movie
version.
My University have a festival after two weeks.
It will join my circle.
I'm looking forward to festival.
I will retire the circle after this Festival.
So, I want to set best cultural festival!
==>I hope you have a good cultural festival!
What is your circle?
Thank you for reading my email.
I’m waiting for your reply.
Sincerely yours,
ichi
<Homework>
1,
A. Find a stock price quotation of Applied Materials from Yahoo!
⇒Successful！
==>Very good!
B. Tell me:
(1) The date of the quote,
⇒October 13, 2011（This is
the time in Japan）.
==>Correct. I wanted the time in Japan.
(2) The time of the quote and
⇒2:00 AM 25 minutes（This is
the time in Japan）.
==>Correct. I wanted the time in Japan.
(3) The stock price (Last Trade).
⇒Last Trade：11.35
==>Thank you.
C. Find any other source on the web for an Applied Materials stock price
quote. List the URL for your source.
⇒http://jp.advfn.com/nasdaq/StockPrice.asp?stockprice=AMAT
==>Thank you.
2,
A. Tell me the stock price quote that you found.
⇒Price 11.58$
==>In American English, we write the dollar sign before the amount: $11.58.
==>In American English, we say the word "dollars" at the decimal point: "eleven dollars and fifty-eight cents".
B. Is it the same as the one listed on the company's web site at
http://investors.appliedmaterials.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112059&p=irol-stockQuote?
⇒yes, it is.
==>Thank you.
3. How easy was this lesson for you?
The accounting was: Very hard
The English was: About right
Getting to and using the linked web pages was: Very hard