Lesson 4
Dear Yuki,
Thank you for your fourth message. My
comments and corrections follow.
Sincerely,
Prof. Sue Garreis
Dear
Professor. Susan Garreis,
Hello.
Thank
you for your reply and corrections of my English.
I
will answer your questions.
>I love the works of Claude Monet. Some
of his works are here:
http://www.claudemonetgallery.org/.
→Me too!!
I prefer paintings that look
"real." I do not understand much modern art. I prefer paintings with
lots of color.
→I do not understand modern art
either. However, I very much like to see the paintings.
>I like to see some modern art. I saw a
lot of Picasso in Barcelona.
>Here is the link:
http://www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/en/
Do you have a favorite artist?
→My favorite artist is Claude Monet
and Joseph Mallord William Turner.
Some
of his works are here: http://www.william-turner.org/
I
prefer landscapes and fantastic picture.
>Wow! I had not heard of Joseph Turner.
His paintings are beautiful.
Do you have a favorite museum?
→My favorite is the Fuji Art
Museum. It is in Hachioji city (Tokyo).
I
went there to see the art of the Napoleonic era a few years ago.
Any
work was also great.
The
beauty of the tiara of the Empress Josephine was especially breathtaking.
>The Fuji Art Museum has an exhibit of
some Impressionists until the end of June.
>Will you see the exihibit?
I will attend my grandson's last soccer
game. He loves soccer! He is eleven years old.
I may attend a granddaughter's baseball
game. I am not sure if she plays tomorrow or not. She is six. She loves to play
baseball.
→Your grandson and daughter are
very active.
Are
your grandson and daughter similar to you?
>Ava, Dakota, Sean and Emma are all
active in sports or dance.
>I am not active in athletics at all.
>They get their athletic talents from
their parents.
>All their parents were active athletes.
>Sean and Emma's mother dances as a
hobby.
On Sunday, my daughter and I will work on a
quilt she started a long time ago.
Do you know what a quilt is?
→I don’t know the quilt.
What
is the quilt?
>A quilt is a blanket with three layers.
>The top layer is made of many small
pieces of cloth sewn in a pattern.
>The bottom layer is usually plain.
>The middle layer is thicker and
provides warmth.
>All three layers are sewn together.
>Some quilt designs are here:
http://www.quiltandsewshop.com/category/quilt-kits/?m=topnav_quiltkits
>I make plain, easy quilts.
>There are many Japanese quilters.
>Here is a link to the Tokyo Quilt
Festival:
http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/quilt/index.html
Sincerely
yours,
Yuki
<Homework>
1. Does Japan's Securities and Exchange
Surveillance Commission have a website? What is its URL?
→URL of the Japan's Securities and
Exchange Surveillance Commission is this.
URL：http://www.fsa.go.jp/sesc/
>Thank you.
2. Name one way the NYSE is different from
Japan's TSE.
→Unlike Japan's TSE, the NYSE does
not specify market performance by firm size.
>I think that is what you mean. The NYSE
and most American exchanges emphasize market segments, such as transportation
or industrials.
3. A. Name one way the NYSE is different
from Japan's TSE.
→NYSE Euronext listed companies in
Japan are 18 companies.
This
is the URL of the list：
http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lc_all_region_7.html?country=20
>Correct.
B. How many companies listed on the TSE is
foreign?
→TSE listed 10 companies are
foreign.
>Correct.
4. In yen, what is NTT's operating income
for the year ended March 31, 2012?
→NTT's operating income is
1,222,966,000,000 yen.
>Correct.
5. A. What financial information does
McDonald's of Japan have at its website?
→This is the financial information
of McDonald's Holdings Japan.
URL：http://www.mcd-holdings.co.jp/financial/summaly/index.html
>Thank you.
B. Is there more financial information at
McDonald's of Japan or at McDonald's USA site?
Or is the information about the same?
→McDonald's USA site. Because using
charts and images.
>Thank you.
C.
Have you ever eaten at McDonald's? What
did you eat? Did you like the food?
→I sometimes eat McDonald's
products.
I like McDonald's chicken nugget and Filet-O-Fish in particular.
>I like McDonald's Filet-O-Fish, too.
6. How does the flow of accounting
information over the Internet help corporations and investors?
→Investors can get the useful
information for investment decision-making by Internet help.
>Correct.
7. How easy was this lesson for you?
→The accounting was about right.
→The English was somewhat head.
>I assume you mean the English was somewhat
hard.
>Thank you for your feedback.
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The new lesson is attached.
There are three files.
In the new lesson, -#4 Balance Sheet Part
1, we learn about the Balance Sheet.
Oracle's Balance Sheet is in the Oracle
file.
Nike's Balance Sheet is in the Nike file.
You will use both company files to answer
the homework.
On Saturday, June 8, my granddaughter,
Emily, graduated from high school.
She starts college in the fall.
We had a party after the ceremony.
Here is the restaurant where we were:
(La Casa Pasta)
http://www.martuscelliandsons.com/lp/
Just look at the pictures. Do not translate
the page.
It was fun to celebrate Emily's graduation.