中考英语作文 Is Stress a Bad Thing？

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Directions：ForthispartyouareallowedthirtyminutestowriteapositiononthetopicIsStressaBadThing？Youshouldwritenolessthan150wordsandbaseyourpositionontheoutline（giveninChinese）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：

“Ican'tstandthepressureandpetition，”explainedonefriendofminewhenaskedwhyhedecidedtoquithishighly-paidbutdemandingpositioninhispanyrecently.Myfriendmayhavehisownreasons，butIdon'tthinkhisdecisioniswiseinreality.

It'struethatmyfriend'scaseisnotunique.Inthelastfewyearsquiteanumberofmenandwomenhavechosentodosomethinglesspetitiveatthecostofafortable，easylifeahighly-paidjobcanobtain.Theyareafraidthatthestressesandstrainsofworkwillrobthemofjoyandhappinessanddothemharmbothphysicallyandmentally.Infact，however，stressisn'tthebadthingitisoftensupposedtobe.Unlessitgetsoutofcontrol，acertainamountofstressisvitaltoprovidemotivationandchallenge，andtogivepurposeandsignificancetoanotherwisemeaningless，idlelife.Peopleunderstresstendtoexpresstheirfullrangeofpotentialandtoactualizetheirownpersonalworth——theveryaimofahumanlife.

Stressisanaturalpartofeverydaylifeandthereisnowaytoavoidit.Whatwecandoistodevelopouradaptiveabilitiestodealwithitratherthantoescapefromit.