本书分为15个单元,每个单元包括一篇阅读文章(Text)及其词汇(Words)、短语(Phrases&Expressions)、特殊名称(Proper Names)的注释,**,疑难句子的翻译和解析(Notes),汉译英练习(Exercise),与文章内容相关的经贸知识解释(Explained)和/或补充阅读材料(Supplementary Reading)。每单元*后附有练习参考答案。
本书可作为高等院校英文报刊选读或经贸/商务英语阅读教材。

Unit One Disaster looms ahead.except for the British
Unit Two Parmalat dream goes sour
Unit Three Outlook:Japan’s challenge;change in a country that’s immune to it
Unit Four Passage to India
Unit Five The end of the west
Unit Six Forget the sword and straitjacket,balance is what’s needed for growth
Unit Seven Outsourcing is the American way
Unit Eight America’s revival marches in hand with job creation
Unit Nine A cunning plan
Unit Ten Welshman still in pursuit of the Hollywood dream
Unit Eleven Wal—Martyr
Unit Twelve Will small businesses fill the airlines’large gaps?
Unit Thirteen Iraq war:why the gain will be worth the pain
Unit Fourteen In 1973,rising oil prices meant recession. Not now
Unit Fifteen West rolls in as China goes car crazy