Chores weren't popular at my house. My children didn't like to do chores. They always saw me do chores, but they hardly ever helped me dothem.

    A year ago, I made a game called "The Endless ChoreGame". It's really great. Here's how the game works.

    I make a card with forty squares(方框), and I write adifferent chore on each square. These chores can be easy and interesting likemaking dessert. Then my family roll the dice(骰子)to decidewhat chores we have to do. The card also has a few squares with fun things, like watching TV and singing. If you're lucky, you can watchTV when the others are doing the chores.

    My son likes the game very much. He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game. It's really a good way to make my children do chores. You can have a try if you have the same problemas me.

【中外历史人物评说】

材料：佛教从印度传入中国，到了东晋已有三百多年。佛教得到了很大的发展，寺院大量兴起，佛教团体日益壮大，对寺院管理便成了问题。此时佛教的发展，也到了一个关键时刻，一个转折点，从过去的基本上是送进来的阶段向拿进来的阶段转变。晋末宋（南朝宋）初的西行求法运动，就是在这样的情况下兴起来的。在所有这一些西行求法者中，法显无疑是最突出的一个。他所到之地最多、最远，也真正到了印度。在法显之后，到印度的中国求法僧人逐渐多起来了。法显携归翻译的戒律，对于中国当时的僧伽来说，宛如及时的春雨。

    《法显传》时印度的影响重大。印度古代缺少真正的史籍，研究印度古代历史，必须借助于外国的一些著作，其中尤以中国古代典籍最为重要，而在这些典籍中，古代僧人的游记更为突出，《法显传》便是其中最古的和最全的著作之一。研究印度古代史的学者，包括印度学者在内，都视之为瑰宝。有一位著名的印度史学家曾写信说：“如果没有法显、玄奘和马欢的著作，重建印度历史是不可能的。”

——摘编自白寿彝《中国通史》