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