Lesson 13
Dear Natsu,
Thank you for your thirteenth message. My comments and corrections follow.
Sincerely,
Prof. Sue Garreis
Dear Professor Garreis,
Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English.
I will answer your questions and reply.
>I have two cats. One is called Polly. She is a female about four years old.
>She loves to talk!
>A tuxedo is a black formal men's suit worn with a white shirt. His name is
>Boots. He is about seven years old. He loves to be outside all the time.
→Oh! There are very cute!
Thank you for telling me your cats!
I'll introduce my cats.
I'll attach photos of my cats in this email.
The name of a black-and-white color cat is HARE.
The name of a brown cat is GUU.
They were stray cats and brothers.
They make my family smile.
I love them with all my heart!
>I sincerely hope that every member of Congress who currently holds office
>will not be re-elected in the next elections.
>I am embarrassed for my country.
>What do people in Japan say about the predicament the US is in?
→I’m sorry, it is difficult problem to me.
Thank you for reading my email.
I’m waiting for your reply.
Sincerely yours,
Natsu
<Homework>
1.A. Find a stock price quotation of Applied Materials from Yahoo!Finance.
To find a stock price quote on Yahoo Finance,
→OK!
(1) go to the main page
→OK!
(2) enter the stock symbol, AMAT, at the top of the page in the blank space that looks like this:
(3) In the Enter Symbol box type: AMAT. Click the Look Up box.
(4) From the drop down menu, select: AMAT Applied Materials, Inc.
Equity – NASDAQ
(5) The stock price per share will be in large bold numbers near the top of the page.
→I could find this page!
>>Great!
1.B. Tell me:
(1) the date of the quote,
→Oct 9
(2) the time of the quote and
→4:00PM
(3) the stock price.
→$17.34
>>Thank you for your answers.
2. Find any other source on the web for an Applied Materials stock price quote.
List the URL for your source.
→OK.
http://jp.advfn.com/nasdaq/StockPrice.asp?stockprice=AMAT
>>Thank you for the link.
3.A. Tell me the stock price quote that you found.
→$17.34
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 the same.
C. If the quotes have different prices, why do you think they are different?
→Not different.
>>Thank you for your answers. They were correct.
4. How easy was this lesson for you?
The accounting was: About right
The English was: Very hard
Getting to and using the linked web pages was: Somewhat hard