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