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WASHINGTON—Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer. It's not easy, even desperate(希望渺小). "We have many children left to place: 40 out of 75," said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreign-exchange programme called LEC. When the exchange programme started 50 years ago, family life was more accommodating. For one thing, more mothers stayed home. But now, increasing numbers of women work outside home. Exchange-student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30 000 teenagers who annually come from abroad to spend an academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who participate in summer programmes. School systems in many parts of the US, unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic(异国情调的). In searching for host families, she usually receives no pay. Exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their appeals(呼吁) to include everyone from young couples to retirees. "We are open to many different types of families," said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE. A 25-year-old programme that sends about 30 000 teenagers on academic-year exchange programme worldwide. For elderly people and exchange students, "Keep us young—they really do," said Jean Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Porst Denmark.【缺少答案,请补充】