时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:趣味英语


英语课

    Reading water meters in an unfamiliar 1 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 2?

    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。”



adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
  • 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。
v.遇到,偶然碰到;遭遇;n.遭遇;意外的相见
  • 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。
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