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(xiàn)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(xiàn)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(guān)心孩子的直升機父母是 helicopter parents;
第三,管教嚴厲的母親,叫 tiger mom!