这本《现代英文经济文献选读》不主张机械地传授语言知识和经济知识，而是倡导将这些知识同其他相关知识(主要是程序性知识，如翻译技巧、经济评论、信息处理、布局谋篇、论证思路，纵向跟踪和横向比较等)建立起一种网络结构，从而既构建了层次又拓展了效用，对学生的毕业论文设计也可以起到潜移默化和借鉴的作用，从而充分挖掘课程的内在资源，实现课程功能最大化。

本书课文主要选自《经济学家》、《商业周刊》、《金融时报》等外刊，为适应中国读者，内容上略作删改。本书适合国内大学英语专业与经济专业的高年级学生阅读，可作为专业英语教材，也可作为金融英语证书考试的辅助教材。

1.Funky Alternatives

2.Going on the Right Path?

3.Next Incorporation

4.Tricky Moment

5.The Dow is Back

6.Unabated Oil Consumption

7.The Low Level of Bond Yields

8.Tax Cuts will Not Rescue America

9.Private Accounts to SSRS

10.Struggling with Yuan

11.Widening Payments Gap

12.The Case of DP World

13.Three-tier Pricing

14.America Becomes a Global Marketplace

15.Hail to the Bull vs.Tail of the Bull

16.FORTUNE：Past and Present

17.What's Wrong with Wall Street

18.Risk Aversion

19.Dollar Decline Worries Bankers，Delights Travelers

20.IT Hopes and Fears of the‘New’E.U.

21.Career Training in Germany

22.The Transport Policy of Nantes

23.Ministerial Meeting of WTO

24.Ah，there's the Brake Pedal

25.Yuan Step at a Time

26.The Real Great Leap Forward

27.First Trade Delicit in 17 Years

28.Hong Kong Economy

29.Back with a Vengeance

30.A Debt Restructuring Program

31.Over-dependence on Bank for Finance

32.The Web：Transforming Online Shopping

33.Online Retailing Matures

34.Internet and E—Business Trends

35.Don't Tax the Internet