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