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