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Atlas
Video page https://multimedia-english.com/videos/music/atlas-4492
Focus Reading
Description Read all the information everywhere on this page and answer the following questions. You can also print the video page and have it with you for consultation. (The questions are not in order)
Instructions For every sentence mark if it is true (YES) or false (NO).
 
Question YES NO
"To carry" means "to move"    
If you are "about to do something" you are doing it.    
Here "the world" is a metaphor for humanity.    
This song is sung by the band ColdPlay.    
Atlas and Zeus were friends.    
Here "the world" is a metaphor for "problems".    
To "slay" a dragon means to look for a dragon.    
One of the lines of the song says "Help me get out of the fire".    
The man who sings is talking to a woman and to God.    
To "slay" a dragon means to kill a dragon.    
Greeks usually represented Atlas carrying the planet earth on his shoulders.    
In this song, "to explode" means "to start crying"    
If you "bend", you break in two.    
We can use the word "atlas" to refer to a collection of world maps.    
Here "up the road" means, "far away".    
Fire is a metaphor for conflict    
Atlas carried the world on his shoulders because he is the king of the world.    
Atlas carried the world on his shoulders as a punishment    
In the Renaissance, Atlas is often represented carrying the skies on his shoulder.    
He says "lord" because he is talking to the king of this country.    
To use a bow you always need arrows.    
"Search" means "look for".    
This song is the most important song in the soundtrack.    
If you "carry THE world" you will be very good at solving problems.    
Chris Martin, the lead singer of ColdPlay, is a fan of the books that inspires the movie series "Hunger Games"    
Atlas fought against Zeus.    
A "dragon" here is a metaphor for bad things.    
In this song "the wire" is a cable used to transport electricity.    
Here, heaven = happiness.    
Here, heaven = wonderful nature.    
This song is the first song in the movie soundtrack.    
This song is part of the soundtrack for the movie saga Twilight    
The man who sings wants to help a woman.    
Atlas is a Greek god    
"I'll carry your world" means that I will help you with your problems.    
Total number of items: 35
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