TIME.com: Remind us the changes of times. Review 3

URL: http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/

Date of entries: 3/21

Topic of discussion: LightBox

Writing Style: Essay

Summary:

"There is a story behind every photo", do you agree? To photographers of TIME.com, taking photo is about telling the world the story they see in their eyes. When you enter the photo section, you can see a category called "LightBox". In LightBox, you can see many pictures collocate with short essays. It is sort of like a column. Through the essay, you can know more about what the photographer trys to deliver, and the shooting-background of the photos. And unlike a news, it is less formal and includes more personal emotions. You can also see people from all around the world to leave their comments, and understand different persepectives toward an issue.

Recently in LightBox, there are many articles about Japan earthquake and wars in Libya. After reading and looking at these articles, I really feel so sad for those who suffers from these disaster. However, one is made by mother nature which can not be prevanted, but one is man-made. I can not help but wonder that why we human can fight against each other just for power and money, especially when something like this just happened in Japan? We really should cheish more of what we got and people around us. Reading LightBox, what you gain is more than the ability of English, but also the ability of thinking.

TIME.com: Remind us the changes of times. Review 2

URL: http://www.time.com/time/travel

Date of entries:3/20

Topic of discussion: City Guide

Writing Style: Travel Notes

Summary:

If you are looking for a place to go and not knowing where, why not check TIME.com's "Travel" section? Here it provides many countries' informations. TIME Travel's articles include historicle and culture informations and is more specific and organized than other traveling website. You can see the ranking of the most popular destinations, it might give you a clue of where to go.

You can also click on a section called "city guide", and you will see a whole bunch list of cities on the left side.(Unfortunately there is no Taiwan's city)When you choose the city you are interested in, first it will show you the 10 things they recommand you to do in 24 hours in that city. It usually starts with that city's history background, and because it is about "10 things to do", not "10 places to visit", so it focus not only on scenic spots, but also specialties to eat, things to buy and events to participate in. Second it will show you 5 places to stay in that city, it is all very useful information, after reading it, you don't need to worry about the hotel issue anymore. Third, is the introduction of where to buy the perfect souvenir. Souvenir is very important when you are out on a trip, it usually carry with the momories about this trip. Fourth, it is the side trip. It is usually somewhere near that city, and also worth to visit. Last but not least, it is the need to know. Such as the map of airport, and and some etiquette you need to know and etc.

The Time.com Travel section not only can help you learn English but also very useful as a travel tool. And we all know that the quickest way to learn a language is to be in that enviornment, so this website can also give those who have planning to study abroad an initial understanding of that city too.

TIME.com: Remind us the changes of times. Review 1

URL: http://www.time.com/time/world

Date of entries:3/14

Topic of discussion: World News

Writing Style: News report

Summary:

As we all should know, a huge earthquake happened in Japan on March, 11, 2011, triggers great tsunami and caused many damages and lives loss. This is already a terrible disaster, but what makes me even angry and upset is that Taiwan's media seems to always looking for a chance to stir up trouble. I found nothing but reports that try to cause people panic and chaos.

That is why I decided to recommond TIME.com. In TIME.com "World" section, you can see important news from all over the world, combined with well-shot and touching photos. News from TIME.com is more impartial than media in Taiwan, and since TIME.com is in partnership with CNN, the news update really fast too. And because the website is all in English, pay a visit to TIME.com is a great way for people who wants to learn English and catch up with world's latest movement at the same time. As for this time Japan's earthquake, TIME.com quickly created a special category called "The Japan Quake" under "World" section, to organize all news and photos related to Japan earthquake and tsunami together. There are many touching news articles and stories, after seeing these, makes me cherish everyday I live more than ever.