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