6 Decide if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- 1. After the adoption, it is always possible for the biological parents to change their minds.
- 2. There are different reasons for adopting a child.
- 3. A twenty-year-old single woman can adopt a child.
- 4. The age of the adopting parent(s) is crucial in the adoption process.
- 5. International adoption is free of charge.
- 6. Adoption takes a long time to be approved.
- 7. All parents applying for adoption eventually adopt a child.
- 8. Foster children can be adopted.
7 Find words in the reading passage corresponding to these definitions.
- 1. relating to law: ................................................
- 2. related by blood: ............................................
- 3. inability to conceive: .........................................
- 4. the state of being happy and healthy: ..................
- 5. important or essential: ........................................
- 6. without cost or payment: ..................................
8 Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
- 1. Does the girl know she has been adopted?
- 2. Is it a problem for her?
- 3. What is she satisfied with?
- 4. What does she think of her birth-mum?
- 5. What does she think about her adoptive parents?
- 6. What feels strange to her?
- 7. What questions does she ask herself about her biological parents?
- 8. What does she hope about her adoptive parents knowing she is interested in her biological family?
9 What do the quotes below mean to you?
- 1. “Adoption of one child won’t change the world, but for that child, the world will change.” (Unknown)
- 2. “Adoption is not finding a child for a family, but finding a family for a child.” (Joyce Maguire Pavao)
GLOSSARY
application: domanda
bond: legame
carer: (qui) affidatario
to conceive: concepire
foster care: affidamento
to give up: rinunciare
to manage: gestire
prospective: futuro
to raise: crescere
to reverse: (qui) annullare
unadvised: sconsigliato