英语作文-中考 Is Stress a Bad Thing？
英语作文-中考
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 1 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 2 at the cost of a comfortable， easy life a highly-paid job can obtain. They are afraid that the stresses and strains 3 of work will rob them of joy and happiness and do them harm both physically 4 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 5 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.
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
- These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。
- The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease. 新来的人对这一疾病在当地的几种类型缺乏免疫力。
- The dog strains at the leash, eager to be off. 狗拼命地扯拉皮带，想挣脱开去。
- He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
- Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。