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