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