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