導致通膨惡化
India has put an embargo on its wheat exports with immediate effect.
印度禁止出口小麥，該禁令即刻生效，
put an embargo on sth. 禁運～with immediate effect 即刻生效
It is feared that the price of wheat may rise to a record high, making inflation even worse.
小麥價格恐創新高，並導致通膨惡化。
make sth. worse 使～惡化fuel or push up inflation
The price of wheat has soared due to a global shortage.
小麥價格因全球短缺而飆漲。
soar(v.)驟升、激增=rise very quickly=shoot upshortage(n.)短缺
The supply has been disrupted since Russia invaded Ukraine.
自俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭後，小麥供給便遭到中斷，
supply(n.)供給（量）、供應disrupt(v.)中斷、擾亂
The two countries account for a third of the world’s wheat exports.
這兩個國家的小麥出口量佔全球三分之一。
account for 佔～量、佔～比例
India has been a beacon of hope amid a tight supply since the country exported a record 1.4 million tonnes of wheat in April.
印度今年四月創下140萬噸的小麥出口紀錄，在小麥供給短缺之際，一度被寄予厚望能緩解全球小麥短缺情形。
a beacon of hope 希望的燈塔
However, India’s wheat harvest has suffered from a record heatwave and serious droughts.
然而，印度卻迎來破紀錄的熱浪與嚴重乾旱，小麥收成大受影響。
harvest(n.)(v.)收割、收穫、收成suffer from 受～折磨drought(n.)乾旱
India has seen its hottest March since 1901, with an average maximum temperature of 33.1°C.
印度創下自1901年以來最熱的三月份，平均最高氣溫達攝氏33.1度。
maximum(adj.)最大限度的
Last month was the third-hottest April the country has had over the past 122 years.
上個月也是該國過去122年以來第三高溫的四月份。
Wheat production has considerably decreased as the crop is sensitive to high temperatures.
小麥對高溫非常敏感，收成因此大幅減少。
be sensitive to 對～很敏感
Other wheat exporters are also taking a hit from the extreme climate, which results in poor harvests.
其他小麥出口國也受極端氣候衝擊，導致小麥歉收。
take a hit from sth. 受～打擊
India’s ban on wheat exports serves as a method to ensure food security for its people.
印度禁止出口小麥的禁令，是為了確保國內糧食供應無虞。
serve as 用作～、擔任～food security 糧食供應充足