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A pan is a metal container used for cooking or baking.

锅是用来做饭或烘焙的金属容器

To Pan Out

成功

Are Anna and Jonathan talking about cooking? Let's listen.

安娜和乔纳森是在讨论做饭吗 我们来听听

Did you ever hear back about that movie role you tried out for?

你有收到你试镜的那个电影角色的回复吗？

Yeah, it didn't pan out. They wanted someone who could sound more presidential.

收到了 没通过 他们想要听起来更像总统的人

How could it not pan out? You are the most presidential person I know.

怎么可能没通过呢？你是我认识的模仿总统最像的人了

Thank you. Thank you. See? My presidential voice is good!

谢谢 谢谢 看到了吧 我模仿总统的声音很像

To "pan out" means to have a successful result.

"pan out"是指拥有成功的结果

It comes from a way to search for gold.

这个表达源自搜寻金子

Gold miners would take a handful of sand and mix it with water in a pan.

采金人会抓一把沙和水混在一起 放进锅里

Sometimes, their efforts "panned out," meaning they found gold.

有时候 他们会“成功” 也就是说他们找到了金子

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