本書從高級應用型人才培養(yǎng)的總體目標出發(fā)，結合學生的實際英語運用能力，力求向學生提供所需要的專業(yè)英語知識和技能，培養(yǎng)學生在經濟領域中使用英語的能力。由10個單元組成，每個單元包括兩篇課文和一篇時事新聞。課后有配套練習，書后有練習參考答案。
劉艷芳，女，中南財經政法大學外國語學院教師，副教授，管理學博士。主要研究方向為英語教學、跨文化交際、管理溝通。曾在《湖北大學學報》、《學術探索》、《上海翻譯》等核心期刊上發(fā)表論文十余篇；主持完成省、市、廳級各類科研項目6項，參與國家和教育部項目4項。 馮婭，女，現在中南財經政法大學任教，副教授，本科就讀于華中師范大學英語系，獲英語語言學士學位，碩士、博士就讀于武漢大學經濟與管理學院，獲經濟學博士學位。研究方向為語言經濟學、跨文化商務溝通、企業(yè)文化、產業(yè)經濟學等。分別在《江漢論壇》、《湖北社會科學》、《財會通訊》等期刊上發(fā)表跨文化溝通和經濟學論文數篇；參與《經濟英語》本科教材及《教師用書》的編寫以及《西方經濟思想史》等經濟學教材的編寫；主持省部級課題和省教育廳縱向課題，同時也主持并參與了《基于風險導向的公司國際業(yè)務審計管控研究》課題十多項。
Unit One Introduction to Economics
Reading One Introduction to Economics
Reading Two Research on Challenges and Strategies for China's Green Economy Development
In the News China Will Be World's Leading Economic Power by 2030
Unit Two Demand and Supply
Reading One The Market Forces of Demand and Supply
Reading Two Urban Supply—Demand Interrelations in Business Services
In the News Oil Prices Collapse on Falling Demand
Unit Three The Public Sector
Reading One Governmenfs Functions in the Economy
Reading Two Are Chinese Stock and Property Markets Integratec or Segmented？
In the News China Raises Defense Budget， Promises to Help the Poor
Unit Four The Organization of Industry
Reading One Monopoly
Reading Two The Chinese Government and the National Oil Companies （NOCs） ： Who Is the Principal？
In the News McCain Wants US to Buy Bad Home Loans； Obama Pushes for Tax Cuts
Unit Five Firm Behavior
Reading One The Costs of Production
Reading Two A Tale of Two Eco—Cities： Experimentation under Hierarchy in Shanghai and Tianjin
In the News Quick Action Sought on US Plan to Rescue Banks from Bad Debts
Unit Six Labor Market
Reading One Increasing Wage Inequality： The Effects of Globalization and Technology
Reading Two Closing the Skills Gap： Companies and Colleges Collaborating for Change
In the News China's Rural Migrant Workers Deserve More Respect from the City—dwellers
Unit Seven Social Welfare
Reading One Is GDP a Good Measure of Economic Well—being
Reading Two A Summary of the Liveability Ranking and OveNiew of 2014
In the News China Overtakes Japan as No．2 Economy
Unit Eight Monetary Policy
Reading One The Costs of Inflation： Not What You Think
Reading Two Financial Markets
In the News Price Data Suggest Specter of Deflation in China
Unit Nine The Role of Government
Reading One Should the Government Use Policy to Stabilize the Economy？
Reading Two The G20 E—Trade Readiness Index
In the News China Cuts Lending Rate as Its Economic Growth Slows
Unit Ten Intemational Economics
Reading One The Logic of International Trade
Reading Two Breaking Borders： From Canada to China， Barriers Overshadow Growth for Expanding SMEs
In the News Facing aSlowing Economy， China Turns to American Exports
Key to the Exercises
Bibliography
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