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