Jonathan Safran Foer Reaction Webinar

1). I think why people do not think through about the things that we eat is mainly because the food we eat was delicious. Another reason is probably because you have an empty stomach and you could technically easy anything that will satisfy your stomach. From my point of view I watch everything I eat whether it's junk food to healthy food. For example, two years ago I was at my friend house and I ate tacos and I thought it was delicious, but I didn't know it was cow tongue. After I found or about that I will never eat cow tongue.

2). I think it is good and bad that we have more food choices due to some food choices could be fake and unhealthy, for example chicken nuggets from McDonald's. It is also good that we have different food choices because we can substitute the unhealthy food for healthy food.

3). The thing that shocked me the most from "A Case of Eating dogs" is that forty-four state allows people eat dogs. I do think Foer makes a valid argument.

4). Yes I do agree with Foer that, "some animals are more equal than others." For example, pigs, cows, and cattles are slaughtered more than cats and dogs. Yes those animals are farm animals, but horses are not slaughtered.

5). I think that some cultures eat doc for good luck or because of their belief. Also, maybe because they like the taste of it.

Latin Roots #5

Roots:

- cent(i) (hundred): century, centipede, centennial, centigrade, centimeter
- cid(e), cist(e) (cut, kill): homocide, incision, suicide, scissors, circumcise
- clam, claim (cry out, declare): clamor, exclaim, proclaim, disclaim
- cord, cour (heart): accord, courage, encouraged, cordiform, cordate

Words:

- bicentennial: (related to) a celebration of a 200th anniversary; The school's bicentennial party is going to be tomorrow for the reopening.
- centenarian: a person who has lived to be 100 years old; My grandmother is a centenarian old lady.
- centurion: a Roman officer commanding 100 men; The centurion of the navy army was my cousin due to his hard work made him leader.
- clamorous: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; There was a very irritating clamorous chatter in the conference room where they discussed about the student's schedule.
- concise: covering much in few words; The student was very concise with his words.
- concordance: a condition of harmony or agreement; People in the court room came to a concordance.
- cordial: of the heart, warm or friendly; The cordial old lady gave the poor boy a piece of candy.
- discordant: (sounding) harsh or inharmonious; A discordant person never gets their way because they are very rude and harsh.
- genocide: the systematic extermination of an ethnic group; The genocides eliminated the full of girls.
- incisive: keenly penetrating;
- proclamation: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors; The proclamation taught all of us kids to do good.
- reclaim: to claim again or to restore to former importance or usefulness; When the boy came to reclaim his skateboard, they had lost it so they had bought him a new skateboard.

Latin Roots #4

Roots:
- bon/boun: good
- capu/capt: head, chief, leader
- carn(i): flesh
- ced(e)/ceed/cress: go, yield, surrender and Cadice.

Words:
- accession: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity;
- bona fide: in good faith, genuine; The old lady rewarded the boy for doing a bona fide act.
- bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or richness; Singers bonanza by their music.
- bounteous: inclined to be generous; The bounteous girl accepted no reward for her good deeds.
- capitulation: a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; The capitulation happened due to the safety of the people.
- carnage: a great slaughter, as in a battle; The great carnage between Russia and Japan was stopped by the Americans.
- carnivorous: flesh-eating, as an animal; Lions are carnivorous animals there for they are at the top of the food chain.
- incarnate: a literally, in the flesh; The incarnate was disgusting.
- intercede: to act on another's behalf; The criminal's lawyer intercede for him on trial day.
- precedent: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model; The team used the same play every time because it was reliable and precedent.
- recapitulation: a brief repetition; After the teacher read the story a student told a capitulation of the story.
- reincarnation: a thing that is reborn; The Greeks believed in reincarnation.