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