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Used to indicate the source of information and what someone learned from that source. It is common in news reports to introduce where the information comes from.
"记者从相关部门了解到，3月20日晚，重庆大学一实验室发生爆炸。"
"记者从相关部门了解到，事故原因正在调查中。"
Chinese often places a time expression near the beginning of the sentence before the subject or location to set the scene. This is especially common in formal narration and news writing.
"3月20日晚，重庆大学一实验室发生爆炸。"
"目前事故原因正在调查中。"
发生 is used to say that an event, accident, or situation happened. It is common with nouns referring to incidents, such as 爆炸、事故、变化.
"重庆大学一实验室发生爆炸。"
"目前事故原因正在调查中。"
导致 introduces a result, often a serious or negative consequence. It connects a cause or event with what happened afterward.
"重庆大学一实验室发生爆炸，导致1名学生死亡，3名学生受伤。"
"爆炸导致1名学生死亡。"
This structure emphasizes that an action is currently ongoing. 正在 marks the progressive aspect, and 中 adds a formal written tone, often seen in news and official language.
"目前事故原因正在调查中。"
"事故原因正在调查中。"
schoolchild
reporter; journalist
middle
to use
month
to reprint sth published elsewhere
(statistics) correlation
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
laboratory
cause
CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]
to investigate
(bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
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