Соотнесите английские слова с их русскими эквивалентами.

 

1. letter	a. петля, округлость
2. stroke	b. наклон
3. pressure	c. степень связанности
4. slant	d. буква
5. height	e. орфография, правописание
6. loop	f. образец
7. spelling	g. распознавание, опознавание
8. punctuation	h. лигатура (соединение)
9. exemplar	i. высота, верхушка, вершина
10. identification	j. пунктуация
11. ligature	k. нажим, черта
12. pen scope	l. черта, штрих
13. proportion	m. разгон (соотношение высоты знаков и их ширины)

 

 

Определите, дефиниции каких слов из задания 2 и 3 приводятся ниже.

 

1. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.

2. The writing characteristic of a particular person.

3. The forming of words with letters in an accepted order; orthography.

4. The action or process of identifying.

5. The making of a false writing with the intent to defraud.

6. A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a component of an alphabet.

7. A light caressing movement, as of the hand.

8. The distance from the bottom to the top.

9. Something having a shape, order, or path of motion that is circular or curved over on itself.

 

 

Заполните пропуски соответствующими словами из рамки.

 

1. The author of the letter is an ambitious achiever, because his _________ is dynamic, strong and cheerful.

2. Handwriting ____________ was one of the factors that led to the capture of the criminal.

3. We developed _________________ that are unique to us and distinguish our handwriting from someone else's.

4. Handwriting identification is a comparison analysis of the questioned writing with known ____________.

5. Different writing characteristics are called handwriting indicators or writing traits. Examples include writing size, __________ and _______________.

6. _______________ belong to the system or style of writing the person learned. They may also be forms or features added to letters by environmental or cultural influences.

7. People who write with wide _______________ reach out to the world and to others. They ask for help when they need it, and are willing to try new things.

 

Найдите в тексте синонимы словам, приведенным ниже.

 

Pattern, slope, to establish, counterfeit, orthography, penmanship.

 

12. Закончите предложения, в соответствии с содержанием текста.

 

1. Handwriting contains …..
2. The forensic scientist looks at ….
3. Class characteristics are those which ….
4. Individual characteristics are those which ….
5. When a forensic scientist suspects a person in a forgerycase ….
6. If the forensic scientist has enough handwriting samples from the suspect ….

 

 

13. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на значения фразового глагола ‘look’.

1. The forensic scientist looks for is the way the lines form the letters.

2. When analyzing writing style, the forensic scientist looks at the handwriting in general.

3. He looks at strokes, pressure, slants, heights, loops, letter spacing, dotted "i's" and crossed "t's".

4. A forensic scientist also looks to see if people make ornaments such as circles.

5. He looked through the questioned document.

6. Look ahead! This laboratory experiment is very dangerous.

7. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.