Lesson 10
Dear Professor Sue Garreis:
==> Dear Emily,
Thank you for your tenth message. My comments follow.
I’m glad to tell you that I had a good performance on the speech last
Sunday. And I had won a reward of evaluation committee. As I had a lot of
practice on the speech, I didn’t feel that nervous on the stage.
This is the first time for giving a speech in Japanese.
I think it is really a good experience for me.
==>Congratulations on both giving the speech successfully and on getting a good evaluation.
That's quite an accomplishment. Are there more speeches in your future?
Since you asked me what we
said in China and Japan to someone before a
speech or a performance, in China, we usually say “Wish you have a good
performance!” In Japan, “Work harder!” is often said.
==>Thank you for this information. I find these cultural nuances are quite fascinating.
Homework:
1. a. Find one web link that
relates to something you did over the summer.
--http://edawai.dlufl.edu.cn/schools/jp.html
b. Explain how the web link
relates to your summer.
--I didn’t know that my college is founded in 1964. School of Japanese
Studies is the largest Japanese education and training base outside Japan. I
know that from my friend who is still studying in the college. And then I
did some search on the internet.
==>Why did you decide to study
Japanese so intensely? I think it is wonderful that you are skilled in so many
languages and cultures.
2. a. Find one web link that
relates to something you want to do when you
graduate from the university.
-- http://www.kyoto-okoshiyasu.com/en/see/hatanaka/
b. Explain how the web link
relates to your graduation goal.
-- I want to go to Kyoto before my
graduation.
==>Kyoto is home to five
hanamachi
or geiko districts, where ochaya and okiya(houses where geiko prepare for
calls) are located.
==>That sounds like a great thing to do! I still remember seeing a geisha just outside a hotel in Kyoto. She was beautiful! I could not imagine how much work it took to look that way. And that was not even counting how much hard work it took to acquire the social and artistic skills she must have had. Kyoto is a beautiful city. I hope you can visit it. Have you ever been to a formal Japanese tea ceremony? If not, put that on your to-do list, too.
Sincerely,
Emily
Attached is the next lesson. It is about the main national professional organization for CPAs in the US. It is still a very important organization in the US, but I think it's influence is waning somewhat. After Arthur Andersen (a CPA firm) overlooked the Enron fraud, the federal government became actively involved in setting accounting standards for audits of publicly traded companies. Until then, the industry had set standards for itself. Obviously they weren't enough. Most public accountants still belong to the AICPA, though.