He may cheat in checkers, but it beats staring at his face all day long.
他可能在下象棋时做手脚,但是只要一整天盯着他的脸看便会获胜了。
You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.
你可以想像得到,特别是在中国和日本这些使用文字而不是字母的国家,这是多么有用处!