“直升机兄弟姐妹”监视你的一举一动

 　　First came the helicopter mum - now comes the helicopter sibling¹.

　　前有直升机妈妈，后有直升机兄弟姐妹。

　　Older brothers and sisters are inflicting² the overbearing behaviour they learned from their mothers on their younger siblings³. They are following their brothers and sisters on social media, tracking them on phone apps and even dropping in on dates to check on them.

　　受母亲的影响，哥哥和姐姐也学着母亲的样子，将专横强加给弟弟和妹妹。他们关注弟弟妹妹的社交媒体，通过手机应用跟踪弟弟妹妹，甚至会在弟弟妹妹约会时实地查岗。

　　The term 'helicopter mum' emerged in the last decade to refer to middle-class parents who hover⁴ over their offspring by interfering⁵ in every part of their lives. They have been known to take the same degrees as their daughters at university to make sure the course is suitable or book holidays for their children whilst back home in a different country.

　　“直升机妈妈”这一说法出现在近十年中，指对子女过度关注的中产阶级父母，他们干涉孩子生活的方方面面。即便女儿上了大学，他们的干涉力度丝毫不减，要确保女儿学习的课程适宜；或者身在异国，却还要帮子女预定度假。

　　直升机兄弟姐妹

　　Now US therapists have identified the successor to the trend, the helicopter sibling. Madeline Levine, a psychologist in Kentfield, California said that when parents focus too much on success and managing your life, their children end up doing the same. Smartphones are allowing them to carry out their surveillance covertly⁶ and relaying information back to parents without the sibling knowing.

　　如今，美国治疗学家表示，直升机妈妈后继有人，直升机兄弟姐妹接班了。玛德琳·莱文是加利福尼亚州肯特菲尔德市一名心理学家，她说，如果父母太过关注孩子的成功，掌控他们的生活，那么他们的孩子最终也会和父母如出一辙。智能手机使他们能悄悄监控弟弟妹妹的行踪，并在弟弟妹妹不知情的情况下，将消息反馈给父母。

　　Among those who admit they are a helicopter sibling is 20-year-old Lillian Carone, from Milltown in New Jersey⁷, who watches over her sister Willow⁸, 17. Speaking to the Wall St Journal, Lillian said that she follows her sister on Facebook and Instagram for hourly updates of what she is doing. She also follows her sister's friends and checks their updates to see where Willow is. When Lillian sees that Willow is not where she said she would be, she sends a screenshot of the post to her sister and demands answers.

　　来自新泽西州弥尔顿的20岁的莉莲·卡罗那承认她是直升机姐姐，她向《华尔街日报》坦言，她监视着17岁妹妹薇洛的一举一动，莉莲说她每小时刷新一次Facebook和Instagram，看看妹妹在做什么。她还关注了妹妹的朋友，也刷新他们的动态看看薇洛在哪儿。如果她发现薇洛不在她所说的地方，她会给薇洛发一个手机截屏去质问她。

　　Jonathan Caspi, a psychology⁹ professor at Montclair State University, in New Jersey, said that serious issues were behind the trend. He said that it occurs when one sibling wants to feel closer than the other, only they have overextended their reach.

　　乔纳森·卡斯匹是新泽西州蒙特克莱州立大学的心理学教授，他表示，这一趋势背后有许多严重的问题。当他（她）想跟自己的兄弟姐妹亲近的愿望比对方更强烈时，他（她）往往做过了头。

　　Being a helicopter sibling may be damaging and a study released in January found that children of helicopter parents are more likely to reject them in later life.

　　做一名直升机兄弟姐妹或有危害，一月份发布的一份研究发现，来自直升机家庭的孩子在长大后会更加抗拒父母。

1 sibling   

n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)

参考例句：

• Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
• Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里，兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。

2 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

3 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

4 hover   

vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫

参考例句：

• You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
• A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。

5 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

6 covertly   

adv.偷偷摸摸地

参考例句：

• Naval organizations were covertly incorporated into civil ministries. 各种海军组织秘密地混合在各民政机关之中。 来自辞典例句
• Modern terrorism is noteworthy today in that it is being done covertly. 现代的恐怖活动在今天是值得注意的，由于它是秘密进行的。 来自互联网

7 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

8 willow   

n.柳树

参考例句：

• The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
• The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。

9 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。