Was I recording events and ideas just as a reminder to memory, or was there some larger purpose for this daily exercise?

我记录事件和想法只是为了提醒自己，还是说这种日常练习有更大的目的？

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The incident served as a timely reminder of just how dangerous mountaineering can be.

这次事故及时地提醒了人们登山运动有时会多么危险。

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As for using energy as a weapon, this week's Ukrainian affair is a reminder of an old lesson: that sellers depend on buyers just as much as buyers on sellers.

至于将能源作为一种武器的人，本周的乌克兰事件提醒他们记住一句老话：卖方对买方的依赖程度实际上和买方对卖方的依赖程度是对等的。

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In retelling the story at his father's funeral, Al Gore used it not just as a reminder of a road not taken, but of the distance this branch of the Gore family had traveled in one generation to reach the heights of national power.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

The Davidka monument is just as much a reminder of what this uniquely Jewish military doctrine can achieve as the unwalled city of Jericho.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Jerusalem, the Eternal Front Line

It just struck me as a reminder of how ordinary this has become and so accepted in a way.

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