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