The key answer of exercise 3

Conversation 1

1. People and how they interact (hypocrisy / take the mickey / polite / superficial)
2. No, the speakers are talking about their culture compared to Mehdi’s.
3. Negative (Mehdi doesn’t like it / can’t fit in)

Conversation 2

1. Bureaucracy and people’s attitudes to it
2. No, the speakers are talking about where they currently live (the bureaucracy here).
3. Negative (drives me insane / frustrates me)

Conversation 3

1. People (hospitality / traditions / women’s roles)
2. No, the speakers are talking about the culture of a place both speakers have visited (the people there / they).
3. Positive feelings from the first speaker (amazing hospitality / loved ... the fact that they’ve managed to maintain their culture and traditions) More negative feelings from the second speaker – it must be difficult if you don’t conform / women are still looked down on and have fewer rights