Jessica在北京學中文，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是吳瓊要問的：虎媽。

Jessica:Hey 吳瓊！你怎么看起來無精打采的！怎么啦？

WQ:別提了。還不是我男朋友，他什么都告訴他媽媽，連我們吵架都說，我真是受不了了，簡直就是個沒長大的孩子嘛！

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

WQ:Wait a second...你說，mama's boy?

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

WQ:哦，就是什么都要聽媽媽的話的那種男生！簡直就是我男朋友的寫照嘛...Mama's boy! 那，什么都聽父母話的女生要怎么說？

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

WQ:Mama's boy, Daddy's little girl, 真形象！其實我覺得，孩子有這種依賴性，家長也有責任！

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

WQ:Helicopter parents?直升機家長？

Jessica:That's right. Helicopter parents refer to those who always hover over their children even when they've already grown up. 就是對孩子過度保護的家長。

WQ:哦！helicopter parents 直升機家長，是說家長像直升機一樣一直在你頭頂上嗡嗡嗡地盤旋！對了，前段時間還出了個“虎媽”，你記得嗎！虎媽要怎么說？

Jessica:Of course. 虎媽 is called Tiger Mom.

WQ:哈哈，對，現在大家都管這種對子女管教特別嚴厲的媽媽叫做 tiger mom 虎媽！Thank goodness! My mom is not a tiger mom!

Jessica:Good for you! 好，現在看看你今天都學了什么吧！

WQ:第一，形容對家長嚴重依賴的孩子，男孩可以用 mama's boy, 乖乖女可以叫 daddy's little girl;

第二，過份關心孩子的直升機父母是 helicopter parents;

第三，管教嚴厲的母親，叫 tiger mom!