Lesson 14

 

Dear Natsu,

 

Thank you for your fourteenth 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 love them with all my heart!

 

>Your cats are so handsome! How wonderful it is to have cats in one's home!

 

→Thank you! They are always gentle.

But they are little fat.

 

>It is a difficult problem for us, too! I think out politicians make the US look like idiots to other countries. That is not a happy feeling.

 

 →I wish that politicians would think of their country.

 

>On Saturday, I went to a local historical site with friends. It is called

>Historic London Town and Gardens.

>Here is the link: http://www.historiclondontown.com/.

 

→Thank you for putting a URL for me.

 

>We wanted to see the gardens, but we could not. It was raining too hard. I

>will go back someday. It was a very nice place.

 

→That's too bad.

I hope it’s sunny next time.

 

Have you been to an old historical site in Japan? What was the name of the place?

How old was the place?

 

→Yes, I have.

When I went to Kyoto for school excursion school excursion, I went to Kiyomizu-dera. http://www.kiyomizudera.or.jp/lang/01.html

Kiyomizu-dera is about 400 old years.

 

Do you know Kiyomizu-dera?

 

>We visited Shoren-in Temple. It is thousands of years old.

>I do not know the date it was first built. It was beautiful! So peaceful! I

>still can picture it in my mind.

 

→Thank you for teach me URL of Shoren-in Temple on additional e-mail.

It’s very beautiful temple.

When I look at the temple, I find peace and feel at ease.

 

Thank you for reading my email.

 

I’m waiting for your reply.

 

Sincerely　yours,

 

Natsu

 

<Homework>

 

1.A . Send me the URL and name of a Japanese firm that is an Internet service provider, or sells routers, or sells software.

 

→OK! http://www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html

This URL is NTT group site.

 

>Thank you for the link.

 

1.B. Send me the URL and name of a Japanese CPA firm.

 

→OK.

http://bulldogwater.com/keiri_zeimu.html?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=conversion

The name of firm is BULLDOGWATER.

 

>Thank you for the link.

 

2. Name at least two ways that technology will affect your future.

 

→The evolution of the technology make our life easy.

 

3. A podcast is a form of audio broadcasting over the Internet.

Music, lessons, or commentary are sent to a large group of listeners.

Have you ever heard a podcast?

If yes, what was it about?

Do any of your professors use podcasts in their courses?

 

→I’m sorry, I don’t know it.

 

4. What technology would you like to see used in your courses?

 

→I would like to prevent environmental pollution in our technology.

 

>Excellent thought!

 

5. 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



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