推翻蒙古人的統治
Mooncakes are a traditional Chinese pastry that are eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
月餅是在中秋節享用的傳統中式糕點。
pastry (n.)糕點、糕餅traditional (adj.)傳統的tradition (n.)傳統
Their history is as interesting as the many flavors and dates back to more than 3000 years ago in China.
月餅的歷史跟其眾多的口味一樣富有趣味，可回溯至3,000多年前的中國。
date back 回溯、追溯
Taishi cakes, which were thin at the edges and thicker in the middle, were the earliest predecessors of the mooncake, and were eaten during the ancient Shang and Zhou dynasties.
邊薄心厚的太師餅是月餅最早的前身，在商朝和周朝時期食用。
edge (n.)邊緣predecessor (n.) 前身、前任dynasty (n.)朝代
Next, during the Han dynasty, Hu cakes, which were filled with sesame seeds and walnuts, were eaten.
接下來，在漢朝時期則是吃以芝麻和胡桃為餡的胡餅。
be filled with 充滿～
In the Tang dynasty, mooncakes were officially introduced. Following Emperor Li Shimin’s victory over the Turks on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month—which is the current annual date of the Mid-Autumn Festival—a trader presented him with a gift of round cakes.
到了唐代，月餅才正式出現。繼唐太宗李世民在農曆8月15日──也就是現今每年中秋節的日期──戰勝突厥後，一名商人贈予他圓狀糕餅作為禮物。
emperor (n.)皇帝、君王lunar (adj.)月亮的、陰曆的present sb. with sth. 給予某人某物
As these cakes grew in popularity, they began being called “mooncakes” and were eaten yearly to celebrate the victory.
隨著這些糕點變得愈來愈受歡迎，它們開始被稱為「月餅」，並年年享用以慶祝勝利。
popularity (n.)流行
Mooncakes grew even more popular because of legends.
月餅後來因為傳說變得更受歡迎。
legend (n.)傳說、傳奇故事、傳奇人物The Legends of King Arthur 亞瑟王傳奇
There were tales of messages being baked into them to help the Ming forces overthrow the Mongols in the “Mooncake Uprising”—also taking place on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.
據傳月餅中包入紙條烘焙，幫助明朝軍隊於「月餅起義」中推翻蒙古人的政權──此事件同樣發生於農曆8月15日。
overthrow (v.)推翻overthrow the government 推翻政府overthrow the president 推翻總統overthrow the regime 推翻政權uprising (n.)起義、暴動an armed uprising 武裝起義a popular uprising 人民起義take place 發生、舉行
In the Qing dynasty, eating homemade mooncakes became an essential part of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.
在清朝，享用自製月餅成為慶祝中秋節不可或缺的一環。
essential (adj.)必要的、不可或缺的
Since then, the arrival of commercial brands and new flavors of mooncakes have continued the long history of this famous Chinese pastry.
從那時起，商業品牌問世和新的月餅口味讓這道著名的中式糕點的漫長歷史得以延續下去。
arrival (n.)到達、到來commercial (n.)電視廣告 (adj.) 商業的、商務的