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