2011年3月21日 星期一

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.

1 則留言:

  1. In TIME Travel, you can find articles with historical and cultural information about certain cities, but I am not sure if this website includes more specific and organized contents than those in other traveling websites. What are some other websites? Can you give examples?

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