Lesson 3
Dear Professor Garreis,
Thank you for your reply
and corrections of my English.
I answer your question.
One of her good friends celebrated his thirty-eighth birthday.
There were eight of us at the table in a local restaurant called Bob Evans.
My Belgian waffle was delicious.
(http://www.bobevans.com/Menu/Category/2/Breakfast).
That looks very
delicious.
I eat bread every morning.
>I usually eat cereal for breakfast.
>A Belgian waffle is a special breakfast treat for me.
What
is the most popular drink in the US?
>According to the Huffington Post (an online reputable news
source) water is the most popular drink in the US.
If you read the article, just read the first six paragraphs. Of course
you may read more if you want.
>From my own experience, many Americans also drink soda and
coffee.
>What is your favorite drink?
I
like sitting in the window seat, looking at the outside.
>I agree. The view from the window seat is fun.
How long does it take by airplane
from the United States to Japan?
>Twenty hours! Philadelphia International to Narita.
It is hot in Japan right
now
Is your country hot?
>Today it is not hot.
>We have an unusual early summer right now.
>It is hot for a few days, then cools off.
>It is very rainy too.
>By now it should be hot all the time.
>My part of the country is not as hot as Japan.
>My part of the country is not as rainy as Japan.
What
is a recent topic of interest in the United States?
>Locally, it was race weekend in nearby Delaware.
>That means that cars and trucks came to race at a special
track.
>NASCAR is very exciting and popular in the US. http://www.doverspeedway.com/
>Nationally, elections are a popular topic.
>This year we will elect many members of the federal (national)
Congress.
>We will elect many state officials, too.
>Are you interested in politics?
>What is a recent topic of conversation in Japan?
Thank you for reading my
e-mail.
I’m waiting for your
reply.
Sincerely yours,
Genki
(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 usually do first check at 3:00 on Monday afternoon.
>Thank you.
2. Visit America's largest telecommunications company, AT&T. Click here for a recent press release. AT&T designed new cruise ship packages. What are the packages designed to give cruise ship travelers? (Hint: The answer is in the first sentence of paragraph three. Do not translate past the bold phrase “More Messaging, More Saving.”)
The new packages are designed to give
cruise ship travelers discounted rates on voice, messaging and data use while
at sea.
>The new packages are designed to give cruise ship travelers
discounted
>rates on voice, messaging and data use while at sea.
>Correct!
3. Visit a large public university on the east coast, the University of Maryland, and see the Department of Accounting and Information Assurance
Ok. I looked it.
>Thank you.
4. Use any search engine to search the Net for "balance sheet." 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 57,900,000 (fifty-seven million nine hundred thousand) hits. Using Bing, there were 24,400,000 (twenty-four million four hundred thousand) hits.
I used Yahoo to find
balance sheet. There were about 445,000
(fourty four and fifty) hits.
445,000 is fourty four million
.>Thank you.
>This is how to write four
hundred forty-five million in numbers: 445,000,000.
>This number is four hundred
forty-five thousand: 445,000.
5. How easy was this lesson for you?
The accounting was: Very hard.
The
English was: Very hard.
>Thank you for your feedback.
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