Colorado parents prepare to adopt

For adoptive parents, families made in China
The classroom sounded like it was full of bells.

"Dong," the students repeated, over and over again, as instructor John Franz made sure they had the pronunciation right.

"Dong. Dong."

The word is Mandarin Chinese for "understand," an important word for students preparing for a trip to China, and maybe more important for students preparing to be parents of Chinese girls.