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.
发表于 2016-7-29 16:21:51