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