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