CTRL C two cells in sheet
go to Slide, with no field selected.
CTL V
The inserted box will have two cells instead of 1.
Upper right dropdown, EDIT LINK.
Chop off the second cell
https://support.google.com/docs/thread/10699568/how-link-individual-cells-in-sheets-to-presentation-in-slides-no-table-not-chart-just-one-cell?hl=en