Directions：ForthispartyouareallowedthirtyminutestowriteacompositiononthetopicIsStressaBadThing？Youshouldwritenolessthan150wordsandbaseyourcompositionontheoutline（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：

“Icantstandthepressureandcompetition，”explainedonefriendofminewhenaskedwhyhedecidedtoquithishighly-paidbutdemandingpositioninhiscompanyrecently.Myfriendmayhavehisownreasons，butIdontthinkhisdecisioniswiseinreality.

Itstruethatmyfriendscaseisnotunique.Inthelastfewyearsquiteanumberofmenandwomenhavechosentodosomethinglesscompetitiveatthecostofacomfortable，easylifeahighly-paidjobcanobtain.Theyareafraidthatthestressesandstrainsofworkwillrobthemofjoyandhappinessanddothemharmbothphysicallyandmentally.Infact，however，stressisntthebadthingitisoftensupposedtobe.Unlessitgetsoutofcontrol，acertainamountofstressisvitaltoprovidemotivationandchallenge，andtogivepurposeandsignificancetoanotherwisemeaningless，idlelife.Peopleunderstresstendtoexpresstheirfullrangeofpotentialandtoactualizetheirownpersonalworth——theveryaimofahumanlife.

Stressisanaturalpartofeverydaylifeandthereisnowaytoavoidit.Whatwecandoistodevelopouradaptiveabilitiestodealwithitratherthantoescapefromit.