People who like the rain seem to think they're some kind of elite class of whimsical puddle-jumping Amelies. No, dude. Everyone likes the rain. Only miserable, soul-sick, sad sacks don't like any kind of rain, ever. We'll forgive the kid that wrote this his affectation, though, since it sounds like he's in middle school or thereabouts. 

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<h3>Verb + Result - 冲坏</h3>
In Chinese, very often an action, and then the result of that action, are placed right next to each other. We see a pretty sweet example of this in paragraph two: 

<blockquote>(雨)把道路冲坏了。</blockquote>

First, we see the verb, in this case 冲 ([pinyin]chong[/pinyin] - to flood, gush or pour), and then the result of that verb, in this case 坏 ([pinyin]huai4[/pinyin] - broken, messed up). In other words, the rain flooded the streets until they were a big ol' mess. More examples:

<strong>倒满</strong>了水
to <strong>pour full</strong> of water

把玩具<strong>弄坏</strong>
Take the toy and <strong>use</strong> it until it's <strong>broken</strong> (break it)

<strong>用光</strong>了钱
<strong>Use up</strong> the money

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1) 我喜欢雨。春天的雨使种子发芽，大地一片桃红柳绿。夏天的雨给大地洗个澡，人们觉得很凉快。秋天的雨给大地换上了金色的外衣，大地丰收了。

2) 可是，昨天的雨太可怕了，就像天上有人把一盆一盆的水往下倒，把道路<strong>冲坏</strong>了，把庄稼冲坏了。

3) 雨给人们带来了许多好处，有时也会给人们带来灾难。

See the <a href="http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml" target="_blank">source</a>.

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1) I like rain. Spring rain causes the seeds to sprout, and all the earth is red peaches and green willows. Summer rains shower the earth, and everyone feels refreshed. Autumn rains let the earth change into a coat of gold, and the harvest is bountiful. 

2) And yet, yesterday's rain was frightening, as if there was someone in heaven overturning basin after basin of water, flooding the streets, flooding the crops.

3) Rain brings us benefits, but sometimes also brings us disaster. 

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