本书精选国内外主流英文报纸杂志中的高质量时文，内容包括高新科技、国际投资、消费、银行业、就业等，具有知识性、趣味性和时代性。本次修订保留了教材原本的结构框架，以及“英文经济报刊翻译技巧”这一经典栏目，重点讲解英文经济报刊中的英语语言特点及翻译方法。本书适用于本科院校经济、外语及翻译专业的教学；所有文章都做了详细的语言点分析，并提供了大部分疑难句的参考翻译，因此也不失为自学的好材料。

Unit One High-tech 高新科技
1.1 Quantum Computing Is Coming. What Can It Do?
1.2 Smartening up the Villages
1.3 Blue-sky Thinking
1.4 Putting AI in the Driver's Seat
1.5 High-tech 3D Scanning Helps Preserve Cultural Heritage
Unit Two International Investment 国际投资
2.1 Chasing Rare Earths, Foreign Companies Expand in China
2.2 Exxon Reaches Arctic Oil Deal with Russians
2.3 Europe Approves Microsoft Purchase of Skype
2.4 Russia Becomes a Magnet for U.S. Fast-Food Chains
Unit Three Consumption 消费
3.1 Penciling out a Pandemic
3.2 Airlines Focus Rewards on Those Who Pay More
3.3 An Online Answer to the DVR
3.4 Mobile Deals Set to Lure Shoppers Stuck in Line
Unit Four Banking 银行业
4.1 Bank of America Sells Stake in China Construction Bank
4.2 Banks and Economy: A Window on America
4.3 European Central Bank Buys Bonds to Reassure the Markets, to Little Avail
4.4 Group of 7 Will Meet to Address Debt Issue
Unit Five Employment 就业
5.1 Tap the Talent Your Hiring Algorithms Are Missing
5.2 Bank of America Confirms Plan to Cut 30,000 Positions
5.3 U.S. Posts Stronger Job Growth in July
5.4 Employment Rights Delay "Will Betray Our Lowest-paid and Most Vulnerable Workers"