'Ar-r, Miss Maudie can't chew gum -' Jem broke into a grin. 'You know, she can talk pretty sometimes. One time i asked her to have a chew and she said no thanks, that - chewing gum cleaved to her palate and rendered her speechless,' said Jem carefully.
Opinion: Miss Maudie really could not chew gums but chewing gums is actually very easy. She end up having the gums cleaved to her palate somehow shows that she was quite good in this.
Palate is the roof of our mouth. It helps to sperate the oral cavity from nasal cavity.
Chapter8
I did not wonder where Mr Avery gathered his meteorological statistics: they came straight from the Rosetta Stone.
Opinion: Scout somehow really understands Mr Avery very well and from we could also conclude that she learnt alot from reading. At her age she also knew something like th Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian Artifact. It is use in advancing modern in understanding hieroglyphic writing. The text consist of three transalation in a single passage. It help greatly to human in deciphering many undecipherable hieroglyphic writing.
