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