Europe isn't having a good time at the moment. Recession wherever you look, economic chaos in Spain and Greece and in the UK, a sceptical public and openly hostile press. But the EU does have its advantages - without it, I doubt that we'd have Electric Bike of the Year.

#中間那句
"Recession wherever you look, economic chaos in Spain and Greece and in the UK, a sceptical public and openly hostile press"
的動詞在那裡?

#"a sceptical public and openly hostile press" 意思是"來自公眾壓力嗎?" 我看不太懂"sceptical "這個字在這邊的作用

Why do humans, virtually alone among all animal species, display a distinct
left or right handedness? Not even our closest relatives among the apes possess
such decided lateral asymmetry, as psychologists call it. 

看不太懂"Not even"開始後面那一段.

雖然我看過中譯為

甚至連和我們最親近的人猿都沒有這種心理學家所謂的"單側不對稱"的明確

但還是很難體會出原文的寫法,主要最看不懂的地方在於"such decided",另外可能又受到中文的影響,很期望看到"have或has"這類代表"有"的字彙出現,如果只給我看中文要我翻譯回英文,我會寫成

"even apes that are the closest us have not the lateral asymmetry as psychologists call it"

ZOO

The WZCS estimates that there are about 10000 zoos in the world, of which around 1,000 represent a core of quality collections capable of participating in co-ordinated conservation programmes.


對這段話的理解
WZCS估計有世界上大約有10000間動物園,期中1000間動物園具備參與保育計畫的能力.

中間那段" of which around 1,000 represent a core of quality collections",我一直看不太懂


這邊可以找到參考原文:
http://www.proficiency-test.com/2010/05/27/ielts-reading-sample/

Drink water

此處的when昰做連接詞嗎?

總覺得有連接詞,前後都需要有動詞.

"exercise"昰在怎樣的情況下變成exercising?

Some recommend drinking up to  12 cups a day when exercising in the hot sun.

另外,這句話可以把"up to"拿掉嗎?例如:

Some recommend drinking 12 cups a day when exercising in the hot sun

Italian job done

這是某個體育新聞的標題.
我大概猜的出來其意思是"義大利已取得決賽資格",不過對於"nothing as" 的用法不是很清楚,
上網找了一下都是Pearl Jam的歌 "Nothing As It Seems"


Form in the group stage means nothing as Italy head into the quarters.
http://espnfc.com/en/features/1108046/roberto-gottaitalian-job-done-now-business.html

worth their weight in salt

大概看的出來這段話的意思是
"這不是個好主意,因為駭客可以透過已被侵入的電腦發動攻擊,而這些電腦真正的使用者卻不知情",但我看不太懂" worth their weight in salt "這部份,
(我上網查了一下,有個諺語叫"worth one's salt  "意思是"值得的",不知道有沒有關連??)

This is not a wise idea because any hackers worth their weight in salt lunch their attacks from computer systems that they have already compromised, and the true owner of the system is unaware of what is going on.