Woodward says is treating the Lions with contempt.

" is treating the Lions with contempt."

獅子隊受到輕視

http://www.radiosport.co.nz/news/548673423-rugby--lions-being-treated-with--contempt----woodward

Coffee house

I read a article about coffee shop.

There is a sentence 

"Or it may be a place where  baristas are coffee chefs and the roasting of beans a serious business"

can I modify the last part of this sentence to "roasting of beans is a serious business"? 

Is it Participial Construction?

Police suspect more than robbery in Malaysian crown prince case

"Police have arrested two suspects following the break in at a room in a five-star hotel and the bashing of a member of the royal guard of the visiting crown prince of Kedah state of Malaysia." 

"following the break in at xxxxxx"

是否可改寫成"who folloewed the break in at xxxxx"

?

原文:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/352606/two-suspects-arrested-on-the-run-after-attack-on-malaysian-prince-bodyguard. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip

Government quick to identify the suspected hacker (above) of the PM's Office website, who surrendered Friday declaring his innocenc

"Government quick to identify the suspected hacker (above) of the PM's Office website, who surrendered Friday declaring his innocence, but slow to move against people posting lese majeste messages on cyberspace, critics say."


前半段看得出來意思是:
"政府很快的確認星期五被補並宣稱自己是無辜的駭客"

但"but"後面就看不懂了

我有查了一下,"to move against "有
"to move against time"(與時間競賽)
"Journalists move against Hon Hai over court action"(記者們和鴻海對簿公堂)???
"Education Ministry vows move against anti-procession law" (教育部長反對反遊行法 )??

is too often treated with contempt

"When people are asked where they get their best idea, they answer, "In the shower." "On vocation" "Doing nothing." This despite the fact that such dreamy purposelessness is too often treated with contempt ."

後半部的"that"是做什麼的?
另外"This"放在這邊我覺得很怪.....

簡單的說,這句話如果是我寫,我會寫成
"Despite the such dreamy purposelessness is too often treaded with contempt"

chump

"The cost is tiny. A typical label can read anywhere from $6 for 32-inch LEDs to $38 for 65-inch plasmas (PDF). Per year. That's from 50 cents to $3.18 per month. If that's the definition of chump change to you, you're probably not alone."

看不懂"chump"在這邊是什麼意思?

原文:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57579932-221/what-you-need-to-know-about-tv-power-consumption/

"Once hunted to near-extinction,the northern elephant seals have rebounded

"Once hunted to near-extinction,the northern elephant seals have rebounded."
"曾經瀕臨絕種的海象,數量已經回升了"

我的疑問是:"once hunted to near-extinction",為什麼不是用被動式?
雖然我覺得
"once be hunted"和"once was hunted"放在這邊怎麼唸都很怪....