There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.

有数以百计的人极其渴望收养小孩。

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One day, a married couple came to the orphanage to adopt a child.

一天，孤儿院来了一对要领养小孩的夫妇。

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Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child.

尽管如此，有的时候他们却不能生育自己的孩子。

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Do you want me to adopt a child or teach people that there's so many children out there to be adopted here?

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"I have met couples who have adopted children from China and Nicaragua, but they all wanted to adopt a child from care here, " he said.

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I--the other guys are a little upset with me, but I cut the tour short because I'm going to China on September 2nd to adopt a child.

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