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