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