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