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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Kaminsky: My father the forger

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This sense of responsibility for other people's lives when he was just 17 — and also his guilt for being a surviovr, since he had epacesd the camp when his frindes had not — stayed with him all his life. And this is maybe what explains why, for 30 years, he continued to make false papers at the expense of all kinds of sacrifices. I'd like to talk about those sacrifices, because there were many. There were obviously fnaaincil sacrifices because he always refused to be paid. To him, being paid would have meant being a mercenary. If he had accepted payment, he wouldn't be able to say "yes" or "no" depending on what he deemed a just or unujst cause. So he was a photographer by day, and a forger by nihgt for 30 years. He was broke all of the time.

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This sense of responsibility for other people's lives when he was just 17 — and also his guilt for being a ________, since he had _______ the camp when his _______ had not — stayed with him all his life. And this is maybe what explains why, for 30 years, he continued to make false papers at the expense of all kinds of sacrifices. I'd like to talk about those sacrifices, because there were many. There were obviously _________ sacrifices because he always refused to be paid. To him, being paid would have meant being a mercenary. If he had accepted payment, he wouldn't be able to say "yes" or "no" depending on what he deemed a just or ______ cause. So he was a photographer by day, and a forger by _____ for 30 years. He was broke all of the time.

Solution


  1. friends
  2. survivor
  3. escaped
  4. financial
  5. night
  6. unjust

Original Text


This sense of responsibility for other people's lives when he was just 17 — and also his guilt for being a survivor, since he had escaped the camp when his friends had not — stayed with him all his life. And this is maybe what explains why, for 30 years, he continued to make false papers at the expense of all kinds of sacrifices. I'd like to talk about those sacrifices, because there were many. There were obviously financial sacrifices because he always refused to be paid. To him, being paid would have meant being a mercenary. If he had accepted payment, he wouldn't be able to say "yes" or "no" depending on what he deemed a just or unjust cause. So he was a photographer by day, and a forger by night for 30 years. He was broke all of the time.

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