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中国南北距离约5500公里，因此南北气候有很大区别。 每年三四月份的时候，如果从北方坐火车到南方去旅游，一路上你会发现，不同的地方有不同的风景：窗外的树一棵一棵地变绿，北方也许还下着雪，南方却已经到处都是绿色了。 南方菜很有特点，特别是汤，味道鲜美，很多北方人都喜欢喝。 另外，南方和北方的语言也有很大不同。 比如你跟上海人对话时，会发现上海话听起来就像外语一样。 虽然上海人也会讲普通话，可是仔细听，还是有上海味儿。

Zhōngguó nánběi jùlí yuē wǔqiān wǔbǎi gōnglǐ, yīncǐ nánběi qìhòu yǒu hěn dà qūbié. Měinián sānsì yuèfèn de shíhòu, rúguǒ cóng běifāng zuò huǒchē dào nánfāng qù lǚyóu, yílùshàng nǐ huì fāxiàn, bùtóng de dìfāng yǒu bùtóng de fēngjǐng: chuāngwài de shù yìkē yìkē de biànlǜ, běifāng yěxǔ hái xià zhe xuě, nánfāng què yǐjīng dàochù dōu shì lǜsè le. Nánfāng cài hěn yǒu tèdiǎn, tèbié shì tāng, wèidào xiānměi, hěn duō běifāng rén dōu xǐhuān hē. Lìngwài, nánfāng hé běifāng de yǔyán yě yǒu hěn dà bùtóng. Bǐrú nǐ gēn shànghǎi rén duìhuà shí, huì fāxiàn shànghǎi huà tīng qǐlái jiù xiàng wàiyǔ yíyàng. Suīrán shànghǎi rén yě huì jiǎng pǔtōnghuà, kěshì zǐxì tīng, háishì yǒu shànghǎi wèir.

China’s north-south distance is about 5,500 kilometers, so there is a big difference between the northern and southern climates. Around March or April each year, if you take a train from the north to the south to travel, along the way you will find that different places have different scenery: the trees outside the window turn green one by one, it may still be snowing in the north, but in the south it is already green everywhere. Southern cuisine is very distinctive, especially the soups; they are delicious, and many northerners like to drink them. In addition, the languages of the south and the north are also very different. For example, when you talk with people from Shanghai, you'll find that the Shanghai dialect sounds just like a foreign language. Although Shanghai people also speak Mandarin, if you listen carefully, there is still a Shanghai accent.