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