Task 1

Native Holidays

One hundred ninety and seven years ago; in September 18th, the first national meeting of government was celebrated (where the first ideas of independence began).

These days, Chileans go to “fondas” and “ramadas”; places to dance “cueca” (the national dance) and to play a game in which you have to climb a lubricated post and in the top, there is a bag with a prize, generally money. In addition, children fly kites “volantines” with their parents.

Also, the typical food is enjoyed: “empanadas”, wine, roast, “anticuchos” and “choripanes”.

Generally, my family celebrate having a delicious lunch. Sometimes; with other relatives, we go far from the city to enjoy the countryside and do a coole-out.

Finally, this date is a mini vacation. Because on the 19th also you don’t have to go to work and sometimes; it takes the whole week to rest and to travel further from the surroundings of Santiago (the capital of Chile).

Task 2

Dave Grohl's biography

Dave Eric Grohl was born in Ohio, on January 14, 1969. Since the age of 12, he began to play the guitar and to write his own songs. “Freak Baby” was his first band (of trend punk) and it was during this time that he decided to play drums instead of playing the guitar, because the one that existed in his group, was not very good. Grohl mentioned John Bonham as his biggest influence (because of this, he decided to have a tattoo of the logo of Bonham’s three circles on his wrist)

During the following years, he belonged to other bands. In 1990, Dave joined “Nirvana”. At that time, he wrote several songs, but they were not of the style of Nirvana. After Cobain's death, the band dissolved.

Nowadays he is the vocalist and guitarist of the band “Foo Fighters”, formed in 1995 by himself

Bibliography:

http://usuarios.lycos.es/kurcobain/hobbies1.html
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grohl