中国有多大？
How big is China?
Name: ________________ Date: ________
中国有多大？我们坐火车和飞机看一看。
早上八点，你在北京坐上火车。这个火车非常快。中午十二点多，你到了上海。北京到上海，四个多小时。
你想去广州吗？坐火车，要七八个小时。
你想去乌鲁木齐吗？坐飞机，要四个多小时。在中国坐了四个小时飞机，你还在中国！
一月的一天，哈尔滨非常冷，在下雪。这天，三亚很热，很多人在水里玩。
中国很大吧？在你那里，坐四个小时火车，能去哪儿？
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国 | zhōngguó | China |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 飞机 | fēijī | airplane; aircraft |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | morning |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 点 | diǎn | to point out; to bring up |
| 上 | shàng | up; above; on |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon; midday |
| 多 | duō | many; much |
| 四 | sì | four |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
English (for the teacher)
How big is China? Let’s find out by train and by plane.
At eight in the morning, you get on a train in Beijing. This train is very fast. A little after noon, you arrive in Shanghai. Beijing to Shanghai: just over four hours.
Want to go to Guangzhou? By train, it takes seven or eight hours.
Want to go to Ürümqi? By plane, it takes over four hours. After four hours on a plane in China, you are still in China!
One day in January, Harbin is freezing and it’s snowing. On the same day, Sanya is hot, and lots of people are playing in the water.
China is big, isn’t it? Where you live, where can you get to in four hours by train?