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