美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-14

Under the blanket of night, actress Angelina Jolie was escorted away from a Vietnamese orphanage¹ in an SUV with a 3-year-old boy in toe. And officials in Vietnam say the child seen here is likely to be adopted by the actress. The movie star is part of a celebrity² couple, the other half being actor Brad Pitt. Pitt was not with Jolie but the couple's 5-year-old adopted son Maddox was. Maddox was adopted from nearby Cambodia in 2005. Jolie and her son were welcomed by a large crowd of people all waiting to get a glimpse of the actress.

Legal proceedings³ to finalize⁴ the adoption⁵ reportedly took place in the capital of Ho Chi Minh City, but it's not clear if all the legal steps have been taken. If all goes as planned, the trail could return home either Saturday or Sunday. While Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are not married, their family is growing. The couple will soon have four children in total -- this Vietnamese child, Maddox, a 2-year-old adopted from Ethiopia and Shiloh, born to the couple in May of 2006.

You may remember the couple announced in the media interview that they intended to get married when all the people are afforded the right of marriage. That stand believed to be a commentary on gay rights in America

1 orphanage   

n.孤儿院

参考例句：

• They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。
• They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。

2 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

3 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

4 finalize   

v.落实，定下来

参考例句：

• Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
• 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。

5 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。