BBC在线收听下载:电子邮件发明者RayTomlinson去世

短语讲解：

1. NATO already has ships in the Aegean, but so far they have been only collecting information.

so far 迄今为止; 到目前为止
例句：Now, I have so far merely made assertions.
直到现在为止，我只是在作论述。

2. North Korea has threatened to launch indiscriminate nuclear strikes against South Korea and the mainland United States if they carry out a planned military exercise this week.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成; 抬出去
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties.
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责。

3. The Islamic State group says it carried out a bomb attack in the Iraqi city of Hilla that killed at least 47 people.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。

4. Some reports say it was a fuel tanker with explosives laden set off at about lunch time locally as you can see it caused huge devastation, it completely destroyed that checkpoint, obviously killing a number of the Iraqi security forces.

set off 出发; （使） 开始; 引起; 点燃
例句：It's raining. Even so, we must set off.
天在下雨,尽管如此我们还是要出发。
a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：Monkeys are transmitters of a number of dangerous diseases.
猴子是许多危险疾病的传染媒介。

5. In 1971, he came up with the idea of sending electronic messages from one person to another and he wrote the first modern email while working in Boston as a computer engineer.

come up with 想出; 提出; 追赶上
例句：Slow down a bit and let me come up with you.
跑慢一点让我赶上吧。