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