压力是坏事吗？ Is Stress a Bad Thing？

Directions：For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Is Stress a Bad Thing？You should write no less than 150 words and base your composition on the outline（given in Chinese）below：

1.有的人害怕压力

2.有的人认为压力并不是一件坏事

3.我的看法

范文：

“I can't stand the pressure and competition，”explained one friend of mine when asked why he decided to quit his highly-paid but demanding position in his company recently.My friend may have his own reasons，but I don't think his decision is wise in reality.

It's true that my friend's case is not unique.In the last few years quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less competitive at the cost of a comfortable，easy life a highly-paid job can obtain.They are afraid that the stresses and strains of work will rob them of joy and happiness and do them harm both physically and mentally.In fact，however，stress isn't the bad thing it is often supposed to be.Unless it gets out of control，a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge，and to give purpose and significance to an otherwise meaningless，idle life.People under stress tend to express their full range of potential and to actualize their own personal worth——the very aim of a human life.

Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it.What we can do is to develop our adaptive abilities to deal with it rather than to escape from it.

“我不能忍受压力和竞争，”我的一个朋友解释说，当他问他为什么决定放弃他的高薪，但要求在他的公司最近的位置。我的朋友可能有他自己的理由，但我认为他的决定是不明智的。

这是真的，我的朋友的情况下是不是唯一的。在过去的几年中，相当多的男性和女性都选择了做一些不太有竞争力的成本，一个舒适，轻松的生活，一个高薪工作可以获得。他们害怕工作的压力和紧张，会剥夺他们的快乐和幸福，同时也会伤害身体和精神上的伤害。然而事实上，压力并不是一件坏事，它通常被认为是。除非它失去控制，一定量的压力是至关重要的，以提供动力和挑战，并赋予目的和意义，否则毫无意义，空闲的生活。处于压力之下的人们往往表达自己的潜能，实现自己的个人价值，是人类生活的目标。

压力是日常生活中很自然的一部分，没有办法避免它。我们所能做的就是培养我们的适应能力来处理它，而不是逃避它。