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A pony is a small horse.

小马驹是指小马

Sometimes people teach them to do tricks-like in a circus.

有时候人们会教它们耍一些把戏——比如马戏团里的小马

Okay, things are coming along nicely.

好 一切都还挺顺利的

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... We still need someone to make a video of our products.

等一下 还得找个人给产品做个视频呢

Ask Elissa to do it. She has tons of time.

让Elissa做吧 她时间多

Elissa? No way. She is a one-trick pony.

Elissa？不行 她只会一种技能

She works with still images but not video.

她能做静止的图片 但做不了视频

Are you serious? Why do we hire someone who can only do one thing?

不是吧？我们为什么要雇佣只会做一件事的人啊？

A one-trick pony can only do one thing well.

“one-trick pony”只会做一件事

A person who is a "one-trick pony" has little else to offer.

“只有一技之长”的人拥有的能力有限

But we can also use this to describe someone who has had only one big success.

我们也可以用这个表达去形容只成功过一次的人

And that’s English in a Minute.

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