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