英文原版对话1000个:1224 More Moms

 　　Todd: Now there's a couple that are kind of, that are not as nice. They can be positive or negative like for example a helicopter parent.

　　Julia: A helicopter parent? What's that?

　　Todd: So a helicopter parent is basically a parent that just hovers¹ over their child all the time. They're always worried about their child. They follow them everywhere. They want to know what they're doing at all times and they just worry a lot. They're so worried...

　　Julia: That sounds very stressful.

　　Todd: Yeah.

　　Julia: As a parent.

　　Todd: They're always worried their child's going to get hurt or something, you know, or they just are just over-protective, I guess yeah. So are you a helicopter parent?

　　Julia: No, I don't think so, no. No, I'm very happy for my daughter to have independence.

　　Todd: That's good. That's good. So you don't like, if she goes outside for a few minutes or if she's, you know, you hear some clanging in the next room, you don't go rushing over.

　　Julia: No. I wait for the tears before I go over.

　　Todd: Smart, smart. There's, recently because of a very popular book we have, it's called the Tiger Mom.

　　Julia: A Tiger Mum?

　　Todd: Yeah, Tiger Mom.

　　Julia: Sounds cool. Is it a positive term or is it a negative?

　　Todd: It is kind of. Actually it comes, the tiger I think comes from the Asian reference². It's like for an Asian mother and it's basically really strict, really driven, like really push your kids, make them study hard, demand good grades, demand that they do extra curricular³ activities, really push them to have high paying careers or successful careers, do well academically and stuff like that.

　　Julia: From very young, does this...?

　　Todd: Yeah, from very young. The woman who wrote the book, I think it's actually called Tiger Mom and she was a Yale professor and I think she was of Chinese ancestry⁴ and she raised these very successful daughters and so she wrote a book and basically saying you need to be strict and push your kids and demand excellence⁵. I think that's what she wrote.

　　Julia: Is the tiger, is it reference to like the Chinese horoscope, maybe like the characteristics of the tiger for that year?

　　Todd: No. Actually I just think it has to do with being a tiger comes from Asia, I think that's it.

　　Julia: OK, well a tiger does have a pretty kind of aggressive or driven sort of image.

　　Todd: Right.

　　Julia: When a tiger gets something in its sights, you know, like where it comes from.

　　Todd: Totally.

　　Julia: No, I'm not so much a tiger mum, no.

　　Todd: So you're a soccer mom?

　　Julia: More of a soccer mum I think, yeah.

　　Todd: That's good. Yeah, that's what I would want, a soccer mom.

　　Julia: A soccer mum, yeah.

1 hovers   

鸟( hover的第三人称单数 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• A hawk hovers in the sky. 一只老鹰在天空盘旋。
• A hen hovers her chicks. 一只母鸡在孵小鸡。

2 reference   

n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅

参考例句：

• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
• I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。

3 curricular   

课程的

参考例句：

• She's involved in many extra-curricular activities . 她参加了许多课外活动。
• She's involved in many extra-curricular activities, such as music, sport and drama. 她参加了许多课外活动，如音乐、运动、戏剧。

4 ancestry   

n.祖先，家世

参考例句：

• Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。
• He is an American of French ancestry.他是法国血统的美国人。

5 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。