Jessica在北京学中文，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是吴琼要问的：虎妈。

Jessica：Hey 吴琼！你怎么看起来无精打采的！怎么啦？

WQ: 别提了。还不是我男朋友，他什么都告诉他妈妈，连我们吵架都说，我真是受不了了，简直就是个没长大的孩子嘛！

Jessica: Oh yeah, mama's boy can be hard to deal with.

WQ: Wait a second...你说，mama's boy?

Jessica: Yep. Mama's boy is used to describe a guy who is excessively attached to his mother.

WQ: 哦，就是什么都要听妈妈的话的那种男生！简直就是我男朋友的写照嘛...Mama's boy! 那，什么都听父母话的女生要怎么说？

Jessica: We call that kind of girl Daddy's little girl. 爸爸的小女儿。

WQ: Mama's boy, Daddy's little girl, 真形象！其实我觉得，孩子有这种依赖性，家长也有责任！

Jessica: Yep. I've seen some helicopter parents. They are pretty scary.

WQ: Helicopter parents?直升机家长？

Jessica: That's right. Helicopter parents refer to those who always hover over their children even when they've already grown up. 就是对孩子过度保护的家长。

WQ: 哦！helicopter parents 直升机家长，是说家长像直升机一样一直在你头顶上嗡嗡嗡地盘旋！对了，前段时间还出了个“虎妈”，你记得吗！虎妈要怎么说？

Jessica: Of course. 虎妈 is called Tiger Mom.

WQ: 哈哈，对，现在大家都管这种对子女管教特别严厉的妈妈叫做 tiger mom 虎妈！Thank goodness! My mom is not a tiger mom!

Jessica: Good for you! 好，现在看看你今天都学了什么吧！

WQ: 第一，形容对家长严重依赖的孩子，男孩可以用 mama's boy, 乖乖女可以叫 daddy's little girl;

第二，过份关心孩子的直升机父母是 helicopter parents;

第三，管教严厉的母亲，叫 tiger mom!