Lesson14


Dear Professor Garreis


Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English
I will answer your last questions.

What is your favorite food in the fall?
>I love autumn food!

I love sweet potatoes, chestnuts, pumpkin sweets!
>They sound delicious.

What is your favorite fall beverage?
>In autumn, I often drink honey lemon.
>That sounds delicious, too!
>When I was in Japan in 1987 my favorite beverage was green tea.
>I went to a real tea ceremony.
>The ceremony was fascinating and the tea was delicious!
>The hotel in Kyoto had green tea in a vending machine.
>I drank that a lot!
>I drink green tea here in the US.
>It always reminds me of Japan.



【Home work】

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

>“flets hikari”

(https://www.flets.com/s/)

>Thank you for the link.
>Thank you for including the name of the company.
>This company offers a lot of services.

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

>“Uugensekinin Azusa Kansahoujin”

(https://home.kpmg.com/jp/ja/home/about/azsa.html)
>Thank you for the link.


>Thank you for including the name of the company.
>KPMG Japan provides very many financial services to its clients.
>Would you work for a company like that?

2.Name at least two ways that technology will affect your future
>“Qwatch”



Network camera function.


It is check the status of pets and children at home with smartphones and tablets.

It is a check of the status of pets and children at home by using smartphones and tablets.
>Brilliant! It can be used to check on older people at home, too.
>What a wonderful idea!


It can see which restaurant the customer has finished eating course meal.

In a restaurant it can see when the customer has finished a course of their meal.
>Yes! That will provide better service, I think.

In the near future, if the security cameras have sounds or if you can see with better image quality it will be a direct help in resolving the case
>True!


>“IC tag”

It is a tag attached to goods.
It can manage countless items.
The IC tag is so small that it can be attached to any product.
An era will come when customers register products and manage items.

>Thank you for telling me about these.
>I saw some very interesting videos here: http://www.ictagsolutions.com/videos2.html
>These are definitely the wave of the future.

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?
>I have never used it
>Neither have I listened to one.
>Many are available in the US, though.

If yes, what was it about?
Do any of your professors use podcasts in their courses?
>There is no professor to use it around me.
No professor around me uses them.

4.What technology would you like to see used in your courses?
>PowerPoint is often used in my department.

I use video equipment.
>Thank you.

5.How easy was this lesson for you?
The accounting was:

>Somewhat hard

The English was:

>Somewhat hard
Getting to and using the linked web pages was:

>Somewhat hard

I’m waiting for your reply.


Sincerely, yours


tomo



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