Employees who have worked here for many years will be given preferential treatment over newcomers 在这里工作了多年的雇员在待遇上比新来的要优厚些 2. To those of us who are immigrants, the bill seems simply to sanction a policy secretly implemented by u.s. industry for nearly four decades- namely, stealing brains from the third world. (Para. 2) Meaning: To those of us who left India and are now living in the U.S., the bill seems only to approve officially a policy which has been secretly carried out by U.S. industry for almost forty years- that is, draining the third world of intellectual resources 3. During the 1960s and 1970s, politicians in my native country, India, used to wave the slogan"Stop Brain Drain"-a reference to the fact that the cream of India was leaving for the lucrative shores of England and america. (Para. 4) Meaning: During the 1960s and 1970s, politicians in my home country, Ind would protest by waving the slogan"Stop Brain Drain", which referred to the fact that the most talented Indians had abandoned their own country to leave for such rich countries as england and america the cream of India: the most talented people of India 4. In that post-independence era, when everything foreign was considered contaminated by colonialism, we talked of cottage industries and econom ic imperialism.(Para. 5) Meaning: In the years after Ind ia achieved its independence, everything which came from other countries was thought to be marked by colonialism and we then turned our attention to small national industries that could be conducted at home hoping to be independent of those economic powers 5. But it was also the era of sputnik, of nuclear power and the green revolution. (Para. 6) Meaning: But it was also the age when the Soviet Union had sent three man-made satellites named Sputnik into space, when nuclear power started to be extensively used and when the green revolution had greatly increased the worlds grain production 6. Our leaders saw parallels to the independence mov ement founded by people like Nehru and gandhi who, after absorbing Western political thought at institutions like Eton and Oxford, returned home to serve their native land ara. Meaning: Our leaders saw likenesses between their programs and the independence movement led by Nehru and Gandhi who, after receiving education at Eton and Oxford and learning and understanding Western political thought, later returned home to get India out of Britain s control10 Employees who have worked here for many years will be given preferential treatment over newcomers. 在这里工作了多年的雇员在待遇上比新来的要优厚些。 2. To those of us who are immigrants, the bill seems simply to sanction a policy secretly implemented by U.S. industry for nearly four decades — namely, stealing brains from the third world. (Para. 2) Meaning: To those of us who left India and are now living in the U.S., the bill seems only to approve officially a policy which has been secretly carried out by U.S. industry for almost forty years — that is, draining the third world of intellectual resources. 3. During the 1960s and 1970s, politicians in my native country, India, used to wave the slogan “Stop Brain Drain” — a reference to the fact that the cream of India was leaving for the lucrative shores of England and America. (Para. 4) Meaning: During the 1960s and 1970s, politicians in my home country, India, would protest by waving the slogan “Stop Brain Drain”, which referred to the fact that the most talented Indians had abandoned their own country to leave for such rich countries as England and America. the cream of India: the most talented people of India 4. In that post-independence era, when everything foreign was considered contaminated by colonialism, we talked of cottage industries and economic imperialism. (Para. 5) Meaning: In the years after India achieved its independence, everything which came from other countries was thought to be marked by colonialism and we then turned our attention to small national industries that could be conducted at home, hoping to be independent of those economic powers. 5. But it was also the era of Sputnik, of nuclear power and the green revolution. (Para. 6) Meaning: But it was also the age when the Soviet Union had sent three man-made satellites named Sputnik into space, when nuclear power started to be extensively used and when the green revolution had greatly increased the world’s grain production. 6. Our leaders saw parallels to the independence movement founded by people like Nehru and Gandhi who, after absorbing Western political thought at institutions like Eton and Oxford, returned home to serve their native land. (Para. 9) Meaning: Our leaders saw likenesses between their programs and the independence movement led by Nehru and Gandhi who, after receiving education at Eton and Oxford and learning and understanding Western political thought, later returned home to get India out of Britain’s control