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Unit8 Text A Sparky Teaching Objectives Students should comprehend the text in great detail and learn some words and expressions by practicing them. Key points I. Vocabulary and expressions famous, flunk, physics, Latin, manage, , throughout, awkward, socially, professional, artist, sample, loss, self, constant II. Language points: -ing participle phrase used as an adverbial, much, although, be satisfied with Teaching processes: I Revision of unit one text a II Lead in III Read in IV Comprehensive Exercises and grammar Teaching processes: I Revision of Unit 7 Dictate words and phrases of Unit 7 II Lead in Charles M. Schultz: (1922?000), the creator of the world-famous comic strip Peanuts, was born on Nov. 26, 1922 in Minneapolis(明尼阿波利斯), Minnesota. Sparky was his nickname after Sparkplug, a horse in a comic strip. Charles Schultz took an interest in comics since childhood. In 1950 he began his production of the popular comic strip Peanuts, which tells stories about Charlie Brown, a boy who never wins and his pet dog Snoopy. The story ran over 18,000 strips until Schultz died in 2000. During the 50 years, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers and over 50 books worldwide, and even in TV shows,爉ovies, and a Broadway musical. Over 20,000 products based on Peanuts have been developed. Warm-up Discussion Question 1: Do you know anything about Charles Schultz? Question 2: What qualities do you think a successful man should have and what is the most important one in your opinion? III Read in 1. famous adj. 著名的，出名的 fame n. 名声, 名望 e.g. The writer won overnight fame with her first novel. 2. flunk vt. 考试不及格 e.g. (1) No one flunked the exam, which pleased the teacher. Phrase: flunk out (因考试不及格)退学 3. physics n. 物理学 e.g. applied physics 应用物理学; nuclear physics 核物理学 physical adj. 自然的，物理的 e.g. An objects expansion when being heated is a physical change. 4. manage v. 设法做到，努力完成 Phrase: manage to do sth. 努力实现某事，设法做到某事 e.g. (1) Th