VOA一分钟英语 One Trick Pony

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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。