本教材根据财经专业特点，以帮助学生了解、掌握财经专业的基础知识为主线，以扩大学牛专业词汇量为驱动，以提高学生阅读能力为目的，组织设计教材内容。教材内容涉及财经专业的主要方面，分为12章，紧紧围绕当今社会的热点财经类话题，选材于国内外的经济学专著、财经类书籍、刊物，选材独特，时代感强，语言地道，趣味性强。通过每个单元的专业知识的编排，帮助学生掌握财经专业的相关基础知识、专业词汇、日常用语，为进一步学习专业英语打下基础。教材结合阅读材料的特点，将阅读技巧穿插于每个单元之中，并配合练习供学生进行技能训练与检测，帮助学生有效地提高财经英语阅读技巧及能力，提升学生的专业知识与英语水平。

小教材共12章，内容涉及国际经济全球化、货币市场、银行业、保险、财务管理、税收、会计、审计等。每章由三个单元组成，每个单元含有学爿目标、导入、课文、阅读技巧、注释、专业词汇表和习题。本教材内容新颖，编排合理，生词量及习题难度适中。

本教材适合高职高专院校审计、会计、金融等财经类专业的学生使用，也可作为相关行业从业人员提高英语水平的培训教材。

Chapter One Economic GIobalization

 Text A Introduction to Economic Globalization

 Text B Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis

 Text C Financial Crisis Tests Durability of Globalization

Chapter Two Money Market

 Text A Introduction to Money Market

 Text B Money Market Mutual Funds

 Text C Fed Announces New Plan to Help Money Market Funds

Chapter Three Banking

 Text A Introduction to Banking

 Text B The Banking Industry in China

 Text C EU Fudge on Bank Reform

Chapter Four Investment

 Text A Introduction to Investment Company

 Text B Venture Investment

 Text C How to Make Investment in Stock Market

Chapter Five Insurance

 Text A Introduction to Insurance

 Text B Risk

 Text C How to Drive Down the Cost of Car Insurance

Chapter Six Business Management

 Text A Introduction to Managers and Management

 Text B Management by Objectives

 Text C You Can't Learn Management in a Classroom

Chapter Seven Financial Management

 Text A Introduction to Financial Management

 Text B The Financial Market

 Text C Silent Disaster --Tens of billions of dollars in financing arrangements are in trouble

Chapter Eight Taxation

 Text A Introduction to Taxation

 Text B Principle and Types of Taxation

 Text C The Last Tax-free Christmas Online

Chapter Nine Accounting

 Text A Introduction to Accounting

 Text B Financial Statements of Accounting

 Text C Accounting Ethic

Chapter Ten Auditing

 Text A Introduction to Audit

 Text B Audit Report

 Text C Who Will Protect Public from Leaders Like Enron's

Chapter Eleven Marketing

 Text A Introduction to Marketing

 Text B Marketing Research

 Text C Marketing Strategies for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

Chapter Twelve E-business

 Text A Introduction to E-business

 Text B The Advantages and Disadvantages of E-commerce

 Text C E-business: Opportunity or Peril