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