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