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