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