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