---Meaning: To those of us who left India and 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 draining the third world of intellectual resources 2. During the 1960s and 1970s, politicians in my native country, India, used to wave the slogan“ Stop Brain a reference to the fact that the cream of India was leaving for the lucrative shores of England and America r--Meaning: During the 1960s and 1970s, politicians in my native 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 rich countries as England and America 3. In that post-independent era, when everything foreign was considered contaminated by colonialism, we talked of cottage industries and economic imperialism 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 4. Our leaders had failed to see that the emphasis on symbol manipulation at IIT left little room for social thought and much scope for the greedy outcomes of capital-driven business Meaning: Our leaders did not realize how the emphasis on symbol manipulation at IIT affected the rest of our development. We did not have much time to think about our responsibilities to society while thinking about the ce to become rich and famous IV Reading Skills Reading for the key idea in a sentence The particular reading skill reviewed in this unit is reading for the key idea in a sentence. Although a sentence may give a great deal of information, it usually provides one key idea. Readers should learn to find the key idea in order to understand the meaning of a sentence clearly The key idea of a sentence usually tell a)what a person or an object is b)what a person or an object is doing In order to find the key idea of a sentence we have to a)ask who or what the sentence is about b)ask what the person or object is doing, or what is happening to the person or object; c)learn to separate details from the key idea Many words in a sentence describe things about the subject of the sentence and only add details around it. If we ask when, what kind, where, or why, we will find details. As a result it will be easier for us to see the key Section bindustry for nearly four decades------ namely, stealing brains from the third world. ------Meaning: To those of us who left India and 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. 2. 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. -----Meaning: During the 1960s and 1970s , politicians in my native 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 rich countries as England and America. 3. In that post-independent era, when everything foreign was considered contaminated by colonialism, we talked of cottage industries and economic imperialism. ------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. 4. Our leaders had failed to see that the emphasis on symbol manipulation at IIT left little room for social thought and much scope for the greedy outcomes of capital-driven business. ----- Meaning: Our leaders did not realize how the emphasis on symbol manipulation at IIT affected the rest of our development. We did not have much time to think about our responsibilities to society while thinking about the chance to become rich and famous. IV. Reading Skills Reading for the key idea in a sentence The particular reading skill reviewed in this unit is reading for the key idea in a sentence. Although a sentence may give a great deal of information, it usually provides one key idea. Readers should learn to find the key idea in order to understand the meaning of a sentence clearly. The key idea of a sentence usually tells” a) what a person or an object is b) what a person or an object is doing In order to find the key idea of a sentence we have to : a) ask who or what the sentence is about; b)ask what the person or object is doing, or what is happening to the person or object; c) learn to separate details from the key idea Many words in a sentence describe things about the subject of the sentence and only add details around it. If we ask when, what kind, where, or why, we will find details. As a result it will be easier for us to see the key idea. Section B