中國出口管制衝擊
China has tightened its supply of urea due to the country’s power crisis caused by a coal supply shortage.
中國面臨煤炭短缺導致電力供應不足的危機，因此管制車用尿素出口。
tighten(v.)使…變緊;使緊縮;使更嚴格supply(n.)(v.)供給;供應shortage(n.)短缺
Since China is a key supplier of urea, its move to curb urea exports will soon be felt around the world, especially in South Korea.
由於中國是車用尿素的主要出口國，限制尿素出口的舉動影響了全世界，尤其是南韓。
curb(v.)抑制;控制;管制
The country imports all of its urea from overseas, with China’s accounting for up to 97%.
該國的車用尿素全來自國外，其中中國的即佔了97％。
account for=佔~量;佔~比例
Now, South Korea is bracing for another crisis - a shortage of raw material for caskets.
而現在，南韓又迎來了另一個危機，即棺材原料短缺的問題。
brace for=做好準備material(n.)材料
In South Korea, where cremation is a common practice, caskets are mainly made of phoenix tree wood from China.
南韓盛行火葬，棺材主要是以中國梧桐木製成。
practice(n.)做法;慣例be made of=以…製成
However, the import of the wood has recently dropped by half, prompting casket makers to scramble for the material.
然而，近期梧桐木的進口量減少了一半，造成棺材業者爭相搶購。
prompt sb. to=致使某人…scramble(v.)爭搶;搶奪
Although South Koreans use other wood like pine, willow and mulberry to make caskets, phoenix tree wood from China has shifted South Korea’s funeral customs and industry as it is a cheaper alternative.
雖然南韓人也會以松木、垂柳、桑木等木材製造棺材，但梧桐木價格較低廉，因此改變了南韓當地的葬禮文化與殯葬產業。
shift(v.)改變alternative(n.)可供替代的事物
South Korea relies heavily on foreign imports.
南韓極其仰賴國外進口商品。
rely on=仰賴
Among its 3,941 import items, nearly half of them are from China, showing South Korea’s deep dependence on China in this regard.
3,941種進口商品當中，就有將近一半進口自中國，就這方面而言足見韓國過度依賴中國的問題。
dependence(n.)依賴