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