I. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What part do learned societies play?

2. What departments have most Universities?

3. Is pure research conducted in the Universities?

4. What is the main means of communicating among scientists?

5. What are most eminent learned societies?

II. Какие глаголы используются для описания деятельности Royal Society of Arts? (to found, to promote, to deal with, to hold, to publish)

III. Определите, правильны или неправильны следующие утверждения:

1. Learned societies carry out a lot of research work. 2. The Universities train specialists and do research in pure science.

3. At present all universities have the departments of engineering.

4. Scientific papers and journals are the main means of communicating scientific information.

IV. Подтвердите важность Royal Society В обмене научной информации.

V. Задайте вопросы к имеющимся ответам:

1. All Universities have laboratories and research departments.

2. The Royal Society was founded in 1660.

3. The Society regularly holds meetings and publishes a monthly journal.

VI. Закончите предложения.

1. University in industrial centres conduct studies relating...

2. The results of research are written in papers and...

3. The most eminent of the learned societies are... Royal Society of Acts - Королевское общество покровительства искусствам

British Association for the advancement of science - Гор. Ассоциация по распространению научных знаний.