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