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