让人 – Makes one / makes people / Causes people to feel (as in “That makes people mad.”)
喜欢 – to like
得 – Grammatical word tacked on to “喜欢 ” that can be loosely translated into “that is” or “they are”.
不得了 – Extremely
So the whole phrase really means, “They’re extremely likeable”, but I’ve translated it a little more directly in the actual body of the translation so it’s easier to track with the sentence.
Also worth a quick mention is the word 胖乎乎, meaning “chubby”, but this word sounds very endearing, not insulting – a baby, for example, would be 胖乎乎.
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我的玩具熊
今天，妈妈下班回来，神秘兮兮地对我说: “聪聪，猜猜看，我给你买什么了？我猜了好几次，妈妈都连连摇头。她看我急不可耐的样子，从背包里拿出一样东西，我兴高采烈地接过一看，啊，原来是一对可爱的玩具熊。
这两只玩具熊全身雪白雪白的，它们紧紧挨在一起，像一对亲密的小姐妹。半圆形的耳朵，小小的鼻子向前翘着，一双眼睛像两颗黑珍珠，胖乎乎的身体，圆圆的脑袋，让人喜欢得不得了。
更有趣的是，如果用手拍它的胳膊，它就会发出悦耳动听的音乐来，真是好玩极了。
两只玩具熊像我的好朋友，它们天天陪伴着我，给我家带来无穷的欢乐。我喜欢我的玩具熊。
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Typo on 兴高采烈 – pinyin should be gao1, not gai1.