今天再介绍一个来自玩扑克牌游戏的词汇：The cards are stacked against you。The cards are stacked against you。这句话是说，你处于很不利的情况下，成功的机会很少。下面的例子是说一个人受了骗:

"Last night I got into a poker game with these men I met in the hotel bar. And I lost a thousand dollars before I realized the cards were stacked against me. All I could do was pick up the money I had left and walk away."
这人说：“昨晚上，我和几个在旅馆酒吧间里碰到的人一起玩扑克游戏。直到我输了一千多美元后，我才忽然省悟到我想要赢他们恐怕是不可能的。我只好拿起剩下的钱就走了。”

下面我们要举的一个例子是说，有的时候形势就是对你不利，但是毫无办法。

"I really wanted to try out for the basketball team when I was in college. But the cards were stacked against me: I'm only five feet six inches tall and everybody else was six-two or even taller."
这个人说：“当我上大学的时候，我真想参加篮球队。可是，那不可能，因为我身高只有一米六多，而其他人都至少有一米八。”

take it for granted 认为理所当然