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For the first time, Chinese engineers have successfully extracted natural gas from icy deposits beneath the South China Sea. 中国工程师首次成功地从中国南海下方的冰冻沉积物中提取出天然气。 Just last year, China's government announced that geologists had found new reserves of methane hydrate - also known as 'flammable ice' - and now it looks like they've managed to harvest some of it, bringing the world a step closer to harnessing this untapped energy source. 就在去年，中国政府宣布，地质学家发现了新的储备甲烷水合物，也就是“可燃冰”，如今他们似乎已设法获取了一部分可燃冰，使世界离使用这种未利用的能源又近了一步。 | 
