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