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