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