Lesson 3


Dear Kazu,

Thank you for your third message. My comments follow.

Sincerely,

Prof. Sue Garreis



Dear Professor. Susan Garreis,


Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English.
I will answer your questions.


>How long does your ride take?
→My ride takes about one hour.


>Both of those places are beautiful and breath-taking. I hope you can see them someday.
→Thank you.


>Tornadoes are frightening. I am sorry the tornado hit near Tokyo. I am sorry one boy was killed.
> A tornado watch means that if severe weather comes (hard rain and high wind), a tornado might form
>I think earthquakes and tsunamis are more frightening than tornadoes.
→I also think earthquakes and tornadoes are frightening.


Yes, severe weather of any kind is frightening.

We have more and more severe weather these days.

Do older family members think Japan has more severe weather now?


→Through the tornado disaster that occurred in Japan, we were able to reconfirm the fear of a tornado.
→I think the Japanese people may adopt something like a tornado watch.



>Severe weather watches help reduce some damage.
>It is better than no warning.
>Does Japan have a tsunami watch?
>Or an earthquake watch?



Sincerely yours,

Kazu




<Homework>
>1. I usually write my messages on Sunday evening in Arnold MD. When I am finished, it is early Monday afternoon in Chiba When do you first check for my reply to your message? Tell me the day of the week and what time of day you check.
→I check it on Monday about 3.


>2. Visit America's largest telecommunications company, AT&T.  Click here for a recent press release. What is a COW? (Hint: The answer is in the first sentence of paragraph two. Do not translate more than the first two paragraphs.)
→The results were examined, I think the abbreviation of cell on wheels, did not know any more. I'm sorry.

>You are correct! That was very hard English in the press release.


>3. Visit a large public university on the east coast, the University of Maryland, and see the Department of Accounting and Information Assurance.
→I was allowed to browse. However, I can understand English is difficult.

>The English on most websites is hard. Look at the pictures and do the best you can.


>4. Use any search engine to search the Net for "balance sheet." Please use quotation marks around the phrase.

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 about 45,000,000 (forty-five million) hits. Using Bing, there were 156,000,000 (one hundred fifty-six million) hits.
→I used Google. I got 40,000,000 (forty million) hits.
→I used Yahoo!. Igot 17,300,000(Seventeen million three hundred thousand ) hits.

Thank you!


>5.  How easy was this lesson for you?
→The accounting was somewhat hard.
→The English was very hard.





Kazu, this week there are two files.
Sources of American Accounting Information is the main lesson.
The NTT Excel file helps with one part of the lesson.

We learn about some places to find accounting information on the web.




On Saturday I went to the Washington Monument in Washington DC.
My daughter came too.
We joined many Girl Scouts there.
We celebrate one hundred years of Girl Scouting.
My daughter was a Girl Scout for thirteen years. I was a leader for some of those years.
It was a great celebration.


Here is a newspaper article about the celebration: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/thousands-of-girl-scouts-descend-on-national-mall-to-celebrate-centennial/2012/06/09/gJQAqwKsQV_story.htm

Read the first five paragraphs.


My sons were Boy Scouts when they were little kids.
When you were a kid, were you a scout?




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