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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
This song is sung by the band ColdPlay.    
To use a bow you always need arrows.    
"Search" means "look for".    
Fire is a metaphor for conflict    
He says "lord" because he is talking to the king of this country.    
Atlas and Zeus were friends.    
In the Renaissance, Atlas is often represented carrying the skies on his shoulder.    
"To carry" means "to move"    
This song is the first song in the movie soundtrack.    
Atlas carried the world on his shoulders as a punishment    
We can use the word "atlas" to refer to a collection of world maps.    
Here "up the road" means, "far away".    
To "slay" a dragon means to kill a dragon.    
If you "carry THE world" you will be very good at solving problems.    
In this song "the wire" is a cable used to transport electricity.    
Greeks usually represented Atlas carrying the planet earth on his shoulders.    
Here, heaven = happiness.    
"I'll carry your world" means that I will help you with your problems.    
This song is part of the soundtrack for the movie saga Twilight    
Atlas carried the world on his shoulders because he is the king of the world.    
To "slay" a dragon means to look for a dragon.    
If you "bend", you break in two.    
The man who sings is talking to a woman and to God.    
Here, heaven = wonderful nature.    
If you are "about to do something" you are doing it.    
This song is the most important song in the soundtrack.    
The man who sings wants to help a woman.    
Chris Martin, the lead singer of ColdPlay, is a fan of the books that inspires the movie series "Hunger Games"    
Here "the world" is a metaphor for humanity.    
A "dragon" here is a metaphor for bad things.    
Atlas is a Greek god    
Atlas fought against Zeus.    
Here "the world" is a metaphor for "problems".    
One of the lines of the song says "Help me get out of the fire".    
In this song, "to explode" means "to start crying"    
Total number of items: 35
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