Lesson 12
Dear Taku,
Thank you for your twelfth message. My corrections and comments follow.
Sincerely,
Prof. Sue Garreis
Dear Professor M.Susan Garreis,
Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English.
Replies to the questions
Did I forget to send the attachments to you last week? If yes, sumi massen!
>Yes. There was no last week attachment.
Me from also sumi massen!
>>I made sure the attachment is on this email this week!
I hope there are no very bad typhoons in Japan this season.
>Thank you!
When is typhoon season over?
>Japan's typhoon season ended in September.
I hate because the typhoon brings a variety of disasters.
>>That's the same reason I don't like hurricane season.
>What brand of computer do you use?
I am using the company's personal computer that lenovo.
I do not have a reason for using the products of this company.
I also want a MacBookPro .
But I can not buy MacBookPro because it is expensive for me.
I think sorry.
>>Perhaps when you have a job you can get a MacBookPro. It is a very nice computer.
<Homework>
1. A. Find a stock price quotation of Applied Materials from Yahoo!Finance. To find a stock price quote on Yahoo Finance,
(1) go to the main page
(2) enter the stock symbol, AMAT, in the space that looks like this at the top of the lefthand column Quote Lookup Type “AMAT” over the phrase “Quote Lookup”
(3) Click the word Go.
(4) From the menu, select: AMAT
(5) The stock price per share will be in large bold numbers near the top of the page.
>It is OK.
1. B. Tell me:
(1) the date of the quote,
>It is October 15 I saw.
(2) the time of the quote and
>I saw at 11 pm (GMT+9) .
(3) the stock price
>Stock prices at this time was $15.55 . 15.55 Up 0.11 (0.71%).
>>Thank you for the answers.
2. Find any other source on the web for an Applied Materials stock price quote. List the URL for your source.
http://www.bloomberg.co.jp/apps/quote?T=jp09/quote.wm&ticker=AMAT:US
3. A. Tell me the stock price quote that you found.
$15.52
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=irolstockQuote?
$15.48 ->
It is roughly the same.
C. If the quotes have different prices, why do you think they are different?
Stock prices have always changed.
So I think the update of of the site has been delayed.
>I agree.
4. How easy was this lesson for you?
The accounting was: Somewhat hard
The English was: Very hard
Getting to and using the linked web pages was: Somewhat hard
Thank you for reading my e-mail.
Sincerely,
Taku.