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