Millions of people around the world love the comic strip Peanuts(连环画《花生漫画》), especially the lovely dog Snoopy. But few people know Charles Schulz. He created the dog Snoopy.

But when Charles was in high school, he always had trouble with his study. He was also poor at sports. And he was even shy to talk with a girl. When he was in his high school, he tried to publish his drawings. But he was always refused by the publish companies(出版机构).

Charles drew Peanuts for 50 years. The comic strip first appeared in seven American newspapers in 1950. In the beginning, the themes of comic strips were all children and animals. They still are. People love the characters because they showed the strong points and weak points of human beings.

In Peanuts, Brown, one of the characters, is optimistic to life. Although usually he cannot get things right, he tries his best and never stops trying. His baseball team always loses. He keeps trying to kick a football, but never succeeds. Hits trend Lucy keeps pulling the ball away. But he continues to believe that someday she will let him kick the ball.

Lucy is another character in Peanuts. She doesn't trust others and often seems angry. Her brother Linus is always under her control and afraid of his safety. His friend Schroeder likes to play a small toy piano. Snoopy is Brown's dog. He is popular and funny. He always tries to write a novel. But he cannot get beyond(超越) the first line of his book. Each time he wrote "It was a dark and stormy night…" again and again.

Charles Schulz would not permit anyone else to draw Peanuts. However, the stories about Charles Brown and his friends did not completely disappear when their creator died. And Peanuts became one of the most popular comic trips ever.

A new library in Tianjin—Tianjin Binhai Public Library—recently became an online hit. Newsweek Magazine chose the word “breathtaking” to describe it. 【小题1】 . With its wonderful design and walls filled with books, it’s the dream library of every book lover.

But as physical bookstores are closing down one by one, there’s a question lying in the back of our minds: 【小题2】? Reporter Ian Clark has the answer. “Libraries are not declining in importance. 【小题3】 ” he wrote on Facebook. Since not everyone can afford a smartphone and knows how to search the Internet correctly, it’s public libraries that make sure that technologies are available to most people.

Besides, we still need the physical space that a library provides, 【小题4】. This is a place in which we can fully focus on our study and work. And compared to other “third places”like coffee shops, libraries allow you to relax completely. 【小题5】. There is no pressure to buy and there is no judgment of your choices.