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A pony is a small horse.
矮种马是一种小型马。
Sometimes people teach them to do tricks-like in a circus.
有时人们教他们玩把戏,就像在马戏团里一样。
Okay, things are coming along nicely.
好,事情进展得很顺利。
We should be ready for the big conference next week.
我们应该为下周的大型会议做好准备。
Wait a minute.
等一下。
We still need someone to make a video of our products.
我们需要有人来制作我们产品的视频
Ask Elissa to do it. She has tons of time.
让伊莉萨做吧,她有大量的时间。
Alissa? No way.
伊莉萨?不可能
She's a one trick pony.
她是一匹只有一招的小马
She works with still images, but not video.
她擅长做静止图像,而不是视频。
Are you serious?
真的吗?
Why do we hire someone who can only do one thing?
为什么我们要雇佣一个只能做一件事的人?
A one trick pony can only do one thing well.
只会一招的小马驹只能做好一件事
A person who is a “one trick pony”has little else to offer.
一个“只会耍一招”的人没有什么其他特别擅长的。
But we can also use this to describe someone who has had only one big success.
但我们也可以用这个来形容一个只取得过一次巨大成功的人。
And that’s English in a minute.
今天的一分钟英语就是这样了。