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