Have you ever been to Beijing, our capital? It’s far away from Guangzhou. It’s 2,478 kilometers from Beijing to Guangzhou. The city of Kunming is 1,706 kilometers away from Guangzhou. It’s always warm there. But it’s very hot in summer in Wuhan, which is 1,225 kilometers away from Guangzhou. Changsha is near Guangzhou. It’s 833 kilometers from Changsha to Guangzhou. Do you know which city is the biggest in China? It’s Shanghai. It’s 1,780 kilometers from Guangzhou to Shanghai.
If you travel by air, you’ll find it very interesting and fast enough to fly from Guangzhou to Beijing. It only takes you about four hours and you’ll get there easily, safely and quickly. But traveling by train is quite different. You have to stay on the train for more than thirty hours to arrive in Beijing.