Pillay says some of the most pervasive forms of discrimination and exploitation experienced by children have become more widespread and known since the adoption of the Convention.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

The adoption of this way of thinking was the beginning of the liberation and enthronement of reason to whose searching examination, the Greeks thereafter, exposed everything they perceived natural, human, and divine.

这种思维方式的采用,开启了自由和理智的先河,可谓是是真正自由的开端,从此以后,希腊人便认为,自然的,人性的以及神圣的东西,都应公诸于世

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Abortion, adoption... things like same sex marriage, the constitutionality of different forms of marriage.

例如堕胎、收养、同性婚姻，以及各种形式的婚姻的合宪性问题。

发挥创造力的瞬间 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It says since the adoption of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, policies designed to deal with the threat of dangerous climate change, are lagging "far behind" the scientific evidence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

But it's I think it's best think of it is advertising entertainment driven medium, how will that be effected by integration with the internet. I think internet entertainment will drive adoption of video internet.

但我认为这最好认为它是,广告-娱乐推动的媒体，互联网融合将会,怎样影响它呢，我认为互联网,娱乐会推动网络视频被采用。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

"Let's reduce unintended pregnancies. Let's make adoption more available.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

With the adoption of the Convention, she notes the international community unanimously recognized for the first time in history that children are not simply the property of their parents or guardians, but are in charge of their own destiny.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08