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Double Fear The main story is about Greg Mason, a young man who works in a shop. One day in winter he sees his doppelgaenger for the first time. Greg is afraid. He wonders where the doppelgaenger is from and what he wants to do with him. Mike, Greg's best friend, at first doesn't believe him, but when he sees the doppelgaenger he realises that this isn't Greg. Later, the doppelgaenger tells Greg that there are three other doppelgaengers of three other persons and that they aren't form this earth. On their planet they couldn't live any more so the came to the earth. Now he has to make a transfer with Greg. And after that transfer Greg wouldn't live on. Then only the doppelgaenger would live. The other three doppelgaengers have already executed the transfers with their persons. But then they all die because they don't known enough. One dies in a fire, one breaks through ice on a lake and one dies in a motorbike accident because he drives too fast. Only Greg is still himself. His doppelgaenger can't make the transfer because Greg is deaf. So he looks for another person to make the transfer and he finds one in Mike.

My opinion The book is short and very easy to read. In my opinion the stories are only very cheap science fiction stories that could never be true. Of course there are people who could enjoy reading this book, but I didn't. Every student who has studied English for two or three years will have no problems understanding the book. If anyone wants to read this book he should do. But I can't recommend it.

Double fear and other stories – Stage 2 John Escott / pdf.rar Longman Structural Readers is a series in six stages, of mainly original titles including fiction, non-fiction, poems and plays. The basic vocabulary and structure tables for each stage are shown in the Longman Structural Readers Handbook. Longman Structural Readers are graded both by structure and vocabulary in six stages, ranging from post-beginners to intermediate level. Real beginners can start with "Easystarts" and progress to LSR Stage 1. Most books in the series contain exercise material. The main story is about Greg Mason, a young man who works in a shop. One day in winter he sees his doppelgaenger for the first time. Greg is afraid. He wonders where the doppelgaenger is from and what he wants to do with him. Mike, Greg's best friend, at first doesn't believe him, but when he sees the doppelgaenger he realises that this isn't Greg. Later, the doppelgaenger tells Greg that there are three other doppelgaengers of three other persons and that they aren't form this earth. On their planet they couldn't live any more so the came to the earth. Now he

has to make a transfer with Greg. And after that transfer Greg wouldn't live on. Then only the doppelgaenger would live. The other three doppelgaengers have already executed the transfers with their persons. But then they all die because they don't known enough. One dies in a fire, one breaks through ice on a lake and one dies in a motorbike accident because he drives too fast. Only Greg is still himself. His doppelgaenger can't make the transfer because Greg is deaf. So he looks for another person to make the transfer and he finds one in Mike. “The snow came to the south one day in January, and on that day Greg Mason saw his Double.” So begins “Double Fear”, the first of the three stories in this chilling new collection. Greg’s Double is exactly like him. He wears the same clothes, he has the same face, hair and eyes. Only his smile is different; it is not a nice smile. Who is he? Where has he come from? And what does he want with Greg? - See more at: http://langacademy.net/vb/showthread.php/11852-Double-fear-andother-stories-Stage-2#sthash.NSWXe1VW.dpuf

doble miedo La historia principal es sobre Greg Mason, un joven que trabaja en una tienda. Un día en invierno ve a su doppelgaenger por primera vez. Greg tiene miedo. Se pregunta donde el doppelgaenger es y qué quiere hacer con él. Mike, el mejor amigo de Greg, al principio no le creía, pero cuando ve el doppelgaenger se da cuenta de que esto no es Greg. Más tarde, el doppelgaenger dice Greg que hay otras tres doppelgaengers de otras tres personas y que no se forme esta tierra. En su planeta no podían vivir más así que el vino a la tierra. Ahora tiene que hacer una transferencia con Greg. Y después de que la transferencia de Greg no viviría. Sólo entonces la doppelgaenger viviría. Los otros tres doppelgaengers ya han ejecutado a los traslados con sus personas. Pero entonces todos se mueren porque no conocen lo suficiente. Uno muere en un incendio, uno rompe a través del hielo en un lago y uno muere en un accidente de moto, porque él conduce demasiado rápido. Sólo Greg sigue siendo el mismo. Su doppelgaenger no puede hacer la transferencia porque Greg es sordo. Así que él busca a otra persona para hacer la transferencia y que encuentra una en Mike. El libro es corto y muy fácil de leer. En mi opinión las historias son sólo historias de ciencia ficción muy baratos que nunca podría ser cierto. Por supuesto que hay personas que pueden disfrutar de la lectura de este libro, pero no lo hicieron. Cada alumno que ha estudiado Inglés durante dos o tres años no tendrá problemas para entender el libro. Si alguien quiere leer este libro que debía hacer. Pero no puedo recomendarlo.