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