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