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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ǒ虎妈ō，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!
这次的"美语怎么说"就到这里了。如果你也有不会说的词，请写信给Jessica, 电邮请寄meiyu@voanews.com
A: I don't want to date a mama's boy, 他们太不独立了！不过，I, on the other hand, want to be daddy's little girl, 希望能永远被人宠着!
B: 啊？你这是不是叫“宽以律己，严以待人”？
A: 嘿！你最近中文进步不少啊，Kat!
B: Thanks! Okay, daddy's little girl, do you think you can cook for your boyfriend if he wants a homemade meal?
A: 你可问着了，别的不行，做饭我在行啊！给男朋友做顿爱心晚餐，不在话下！
B: Really? I'd have to see it to believe it.
A: 你不信？哪天我给你露一手。不过说到女友下厨做饭，今天的美语三级跳讲的就是这个!
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