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