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Chinese Text:
艾瑪喜歡做菜！她為她的三個孩子和勤奮的丈夫準備一頓飯。

English Translation:
Emma loves to cook! She prepares a meal for her three children and her hard-working husband.

Grammar Notes:
### Sentence Breakdown:

艾瑪喜歡做菜！她為她的三個孩子和勤奮的丈夫準備一頓飯。

1. 艾瑪 (Ài mǎ) - Emma
- 艾 (Ài): A common transliteration character used in foreign names.
- 瑪 (Mǎ): Another transliteration character, often used in names.

2. 喜歡 (xǐ huān) - likes (to enjoy doing something)
- This is the verb "to like" or "to enjoy." The infinitive form is "喜歡."

3. 做菜 (zuò cài) - to cook (literally "make dishes")
- 做 (zuò): to do, to make. The infinitive form is "做."
- 菜 (cài): dishes, cuisine.

4. 她 (tā) - she
- A pronoun referring to a female, "she" or "her."

5. 為 (wèi) - for (in the benefit of, for the purpose of)
- Indicating the benefit or purpose, "for."

6. 她的 (tā de) - her
- 的 (de): a possessive or descriptive particle, linking "her" to what follows.

7. 三個 (sān gè) - three (quantity + measure word for general items)
- 三 (sān): three.
- 個 (gè): a general measure word, used here for counting people.

8. 孩子 (hái zi) - children
- 孩子 (hái zi): child, children. Here it is plural though often the same word is used for singular and plural forms in Chinese.

9. 和 (hé) - and
- A conjunction used to link two nouns or phrases.

10. 勤奮的 (qín fèn de) - diligent
- 勤奮 (qín fèn): hardworking or diligent.
- 的 (de): a particle used here to modify nouns with an adjective.

11. 丈夫 (zhàng fu) - husband
- 丈夫 (zhàng fu): refers to a husband.

12. 準備 (zhǔn bèi) - to prepare
- The verb "to prepare." The infinitive form is "準備."

13. 一頓 (yí dùn) - a meal
- 一 (yí): one.
- 頓 (dùn): a measure word for meals.

14. 飯 (fàn) - meal, or cooked rice
- Often refers to rice but can also mean meal in general.

### General Grammar Tip:
In Mandarin Chinese, the structure often follows a Subject-Verb-Object format. Modifiers come before the nouns they describe. For instance, in "她的三個孩子" (her three children), "她的" (her) and "三個" (three) both modify "孩子" (children).

### Related Words:
- 廚房 (chú fáng) - kitchen. Relevant as it's the place where cooking happens.
- 烹饪 (pēng rèn) - cooking, culinary. A more formal term than "做菜" (zuò cài) which is also about the act of cooking.

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