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