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