第一，迷你对话

A: Ben canceled his trip.

Ben取消了本次旅行。

B: How come?

怎么会这样呢？

A: Because General, his dog, got sick.

因为将军——他的狗生病了。

B: He's such a mother hen.

他真是个婆婆妈妈的人。

第二，地道表达

a mother hen

1. 解词释义

A mother hen是指“关心他人冷暖的人”或者“婆婆妈妈地担心他人遭遇意外的人”。Hen在这里是指“嘴碎的或爱管闲事的中年妇女”。其英文解释为：A person who fusses over others in an overprotective manner。

2. 拓展范例

E.g. Look at the way she's watering those seedlings! She fusses over them like a mother hen.

瞧她给那些幼苗浇水的样子！她常常手脚忙乱，大惊小怪的。

E.g. Li is like a mother hen, catering to the students' every need.

Li就像个妈妈一样，满足学生们的各种需求。

第三， 视野拓展

get sick：生病

E.g. Take this medicine with you in case you get sick.

如果你病了，吃这种药。

E.g. It would be good to know if you're going to get sick with something.

我们能事先知道自己会不会生什么病真好。