My water Thinks So

    Reading water meters in an unfamiliar¹ 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 encounter²?
    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。”

1 unfamiliar   

adj.陌生的，不熟悉的

参考例句：

• I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
• The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。

2 encounter   

v.遇到，偶然碰到；遭遇；n.遭遇；意外的相见

参考例句：

• It was a bloody encounter between the two armies. 这是那两军之间的一次激烈的遭遇战。
• A fortunate encounter brought the two friends together after a long separation.两位老朋友长期分离这次才有幸相遇。