Excerpt from Tacitus, Annals I: With Introductions, Notes, Etc
Part I. consists of (a) Introduction, (b) Text, (c) Notes. Part II. contains (a) Vocabularies, and (b) Test Papers. Part III. contains a Translation.
Before commencing the Text read the Introduction, in order to obtain a general idea of the subject-matter, referring to it subsequently as occasion requires. In a final reading, immediately before the examination, all important points should be carefully committed to memory.
In reading the Text the chief object should be to arrive at the meaning with as little help as possible, while nevertheless ensuring perfect accuracy. There will probably occur, even in the first sentence, (a) some words which you do not know, and (b) some difficulty in seeing the exact construction. For the first, turn to the Vocabularies; for the second, to the Notes. If there occur any words which you do not know, and which do not appear in the Vocabulary, write them neatly down, with their meaning, in a double column upon the blank pages left for the purpose, adding genitive cases or principal parts, etc., exactly as has been done in the case of the printed words.
After doing your utmost to make out the passage in this way, turn to the Translation and see how far you were right. The Translation is not intended to save the reader the trouble of making out the meaning, but to serve as a test of his accuracy and to correct his errors.
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