3read the text again and choose the correct words to complete the summary. the time traveller has built a time machine and travelled 'back / forward in time. he's met some people who all look the same / different. he thinks they are attractive / ugly. they seem *friendly and cheerful / unfriendly and serious, but the time traveller is surprised. he thought that people from the sfuture / past would be very éstupid / intelligent, but they aren't.
looking closer at their faces, i saw some strange difference in their sweet prettiness. they all had the same hair and this came to a sharp end at the neck and below the ears. there was none growing on their faces and their ears were very small. their little point and their eyes were large and gentle. came to a because they didn't try to speak to me, but simply stood smiling and speaking to each other, i began the conversation. i pointed to the time machine and to myself. then, after thinking for a moment how to describe to the sun. at once, a pretty little figure time, i dressed in purple and white did the same and then made the sound of s for a moment i was very surprised, though the meaning of his movement was clear enough. the question had come into my mind suddenly: were these people ? i had always expected that people living about 800,000 years in the future would have much greater knowledge than us in science, art - everything. but one of them had asked me a very simple question, which showed him to be on the level of intelligence of one of our five-year-old children. he had asked me, in fact, if i had come from the sun in a thunderstorm! a feeling of sadness came into my mind. for a moment, i felt that i had built the time machine for no reason at all.
2. I’m afraid there isn’t ANY coffee left: will you
grind SOME?
3. Is there ANYONE here who speaks Italian?
4. I’d like to buy SOME new clothes but I haven’t got ANY
money.
5. There’s SOME juice in the cupboard but there aren’t
ANY glasses.
6. Do you have ANY idea who could have borrowed
your bicycle?
7. Have you got ANY news for me?
8. I can’t see my glasses ANYWHERE.
9. You look very distressed/ sick: has ANYTHING upset you?
10. Almost EVERYONE was wearing a dinner jacket.
11. She put her handbag SOMEWHERE and now she can’t find it.
12. Will you have SOME pudding or SOME fruit?
13. Haven’t you got ANY friends here? You should join
a club and get to know people.
14. I see you haven’t got ANY maps. Would you like to
borrow SOME of mine?
15. ANYONE can tell you how to get there. (Every one
knows the way.)
16. Come and have supper with us if you aren’t doing
ANYTHING tonight.
17. He lives SOMEWHERE in France now.
18. You can’t expect just SOME student to solve the
problem. It requires a mathematician.
19. Is there ANYthing moving about downstairs? I’ve heard
SOMEthing falling.
20. Is ANYONE living in that house? It looks deserted.
21. Would you like SOMETHING to drink? There’s very good
soda in the fridge.