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