Contrary to the very popular belief that people who have suffered from hardship in their lives have stronger personalities, some researchers claim that hardships can be very misleading. As far as I am concerned, hardships cast negative influences on people’s lives.
與流行的觀點稱經歷苦難的人在他們的生活中有很強的人格相反，有些研究者聲稱苦難苦難會讓人產生誤導。就我個人而言，我認為苦難會給人帶來消極影響。

Firstly, people who suffered from troubled lives are easily misled. It’s found that while some people may indeed become more “hard-nosed” through adversity, the majority become less trusting of their own judgment. It surprisingly found that early negative experiences make people stronger in late life. Furthermore, the people who had experienced an adverse childhood and adolescence were more likely to come to believe information that is not true. Those people were more suggestible, and easily misled which in turn could affect their future.
首先，經歷過困難生活的人很容易被誤導，有發現表明雖然有些人通過不幸變得更加“頑強”，但是更多的人變得很少相信他們自己的判斷。更讓人吃驚的是，他們先前消極的經歷使他們在以后的生活中更強大。更有甚者，經歷過不幸童年的人在青春期會更可能相信不真實的信息。這些人更容易受影響，更容易被誤導，到頭來會影響他們的未來。

Secondly, hardships cause pain and misery to people. When faced with adversity, people can easily get pessimistic and depressed due to the distress and agony brought by hardships. Some families end up in divorce and some depressed people even commit suicide or social crimes. This undoubtedly will bring about a series of problems to society at large.
第二，苦難會導致痛苦和不幸。當我們面對不幸，由于苦難帶來的痛苦和創傷會使人們容易悲觀和有壓力。一些家庭以離婚告終甚至自殺或犯罪。毫無疑問這給整個社會帶來了一系列問題。

In conclusion, hardships have direct adverse effects on both people’s mentality and their perception of reality. Therefore, in my opinion, they are absolutely not necessary in life.
總之，困難給人們的心理和他們對現實的觀點帶來直接的不良影響。因此，我認為，在生活中它們完全不需要。