本教材共分十五课，每课包括热身问题、课文、词汇、注解、练习和补充读物等六个部分。第一至第十课，重点通过讲解具体的情节帮助学生了解全球性的经济、贸易组织；第十一到第十五课的重点是区域性或由特定对象构成的经济、贸易组织。每篇课文后配以不同类型的练习，有以课文理解为目的的问答题和正误题，有以语言应用为目的的完形填空、挑错改错以及翻译题等，也有以培养调查研究能力为目的的研究写作题。

Unit 1  The International Monetary Fund

Unit 2  The World Bank and China's Economic Growth

Unit 3  The WTO Under Fire

Unit 4  Lessons of Experience: Trade and Development Board Hears That One-Size-Fits-All Approach Doesn't Work

Unit 5  Dealing with the Global Jobs Crisis

Unit 6  The Economic Impact of SARS

Unit 7  World Heritage

Unit 8  A Day in the Life of an Interpol Intelligence Officer

Unit 9  The World Intellectual Property Organization

Unit 10  The World Customs Organization

Unit 11  The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

Unit 12  The European Union

Unit 13  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Unit 14  The North American Free Trade Agreement

Unit 15  Oil and the Global Economy

Appendix