8. _________________ For example, Old German handwriting has letters that are very different than those used today. Becoming familiar with the handwriting styles of the era will help ensure that you're interpreting your document correctly. Numerous books and websites are available to help you translate handwriting from different times and places. Staff at local historical societies in the location where the document originated can often help with this as well.

3. Answer the questions:

1) What document types are mentioned in the text?

2) What information is important for analyzing an obituary?

3) Why do you need to know which side of war a soldier served on?

4) What is a census record created for?

5) Why is it important to understand the purpose of creating a document?

6) What`s the difference between primary and secondary information?

7) Which type of information is more reliable?

8) Why is it important to know the period of time in which the document was created?

9) Why is it better to work with original document?

10) How can knowing the handwriting styles of the era help you to analyze the historical document?

4. Find synonyms for the following words in the text:

1) to estimate _____________

2) influence, effect ____________

3) exact, precise ______________

4) to define _______________

5) certain, undoubted ____________

6) to add, share, supply ______________

7) to show, denote, reveal _______________

8) to inspect, analyze ____________

9) mistake, fault ____________

10) to explain, decipher ______________

5. Find the words in the text for the definitions given below:

1) _______________ a manner or method of doing something.

2) _______________ to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify.

3) _______________ select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction.

4) _______________ to come into sight; become visible.

5) _______________ the dead person.

6) _______________ to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).

7) _______________ to remove by drawing out gently or take away.

8) _______________ to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).

9) _______________ to make certain to happen.

10) _______________ to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise.

6. Fill in the gaps with the words given in box. For some points the first letters are given. Translate the sentences into Russian:

1) I e____________ that text directly out of our new library system.

2) The point is this – we cannot a_____________ ideas from the historical epoch in which they appeared.

3) The d__________ was found with multiple head injuries on a footpath.

4) Dog owners must by law e___________ their pet wears a collar and tag with their name and address on it.

5) The word magazine d____________s from an Arabic word meaning a storehouse, a place where goods are laid up.

6) The exotic creature, which ______________ from central and South America, is probably an escaped pet.

7) Interviews were ______________ by the researcher who carried out the interview.

8) He is diplomatic and cautious in his ____________ to sticky situations.

9) From the moon, Earth a____________s as a bright blue-and-white object in the black sky.

10) She spends time on e___________ing her image with fitness routines and new styles.

7. Make the summary of the text.

Revision I.

Check yourself. Remember the following words and phrases: