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A pony is a small horse.
矮種馬是一種小型馬。
Sometimes people teach them to do tricks-like in a circus.
有時(shí)人們教他們玩把戲,就像在馬戲團(tuán)里一樣。
Okay, things are coming along nicely.
好,事情進(jìn)展得很順利。
We should be ready for the big conference next week.
我們應(yīng)該為下周的大型會(huì)議做好準(zhǔn)備。
Wait a minute.
等一下。
We still need someone to make a video of our products.
我們需要有人來制作我們產(chǎn)品的視頻
Ask Elissa to do it. She has tons of time.
讓伊莉薩做吧,她有大量的時(shí)間。
Alissa? No way.
伊莉薩?不可能
She's a one trick pony.
她是一匹只有一招的小馬
She works with still images, but not video.
她擅長做靜止圖像,而不是視頻。
Are you serious?
真的嗎?
Why do we hire someone who can only do one thing?
為什么我們要雇傭一個(gè)只能做一件事的人?
A one trick pony can only do one thing well.
只會(huì)一招的小馬駒只能做好一件事
A person who is a “one trick pony”has little else to offer.
一個(gè)“只會(huì)耍一招”的人沒有什么其他特別擅長的。
But we can also use this to describe someone who has had only one big success.
但我們也可以用這個(gè)來形容一個(gè)只取得過一次巨大成功的人。
And that’s English in a minute.
今天的一分鐘英語就是這樣了。