Reading water meters in an unfamiliar part of town, I came upon a house with no number. Then I noticed an elderly man gardening at the first house on that block.
"Excuse me," I said to him. "Are you Number One?"
He smiled and replied, "My wife thinks so!"
Notes:
(1) water meter n.水表
(2) unfamiliar adj.不熟悉的
(3) come upon偶遇（等于come across）
(4) Number One第一；一号
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
① Where was the author?
② What was the author doing?
③ What problem did he encounter?
④ What was the elderly man doing?
⑤ Did the elderly man really understand what the author meant?
26.我老婆这样认为
在城区陌生地段查读水表时，我发现一处房子没有门牌号。接着，我看到这个街区的第一幢房子前有一位老人在养花。
“打扰，”我对他说，“您是第一（号）吗？”
他笑了，回答说：“我老伴是这样认为的。”
练习参考答案：
① In an unfamiliar part of town.
② He was reading water meters.
③ He came upon a house with no number.
④ He was gardening.
⑤ No, he didn't.
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