《教育部推薦教材·大學專業英語系列教材:經濟學專業英語教程(上)(第3版)》共有14個單元,每一單元包括主課文和副課文,系統介紹了經濟學方面的基礎知識和基本理論,具有較強的系統性和完整性,涵蓋了微觀經濟學和宏觀經濟學的主要內容。各單元的主課文內容分別為:第一單元:,什么是經濟學;第二單元:需求與供給;第三單元:需求與供給的價格彈性;第四單元:生產成本;第五單元:壟斷;第六單元:寡頭壟斷;第七單元:國內生產總值;第八單元:經濟增長;第九單元:通貨膨脹;第十單元:貨幣與銀行;第十一單元:外匯與匯率;第十二單元:國際收支;第十三單元:財政政策與貨幣政策;第十四單元:政府在經濟中的作用。
Unit One
Text:What Is Economics?
Additional Text: The Economic Problem
Unit Two
Text:Demand and Supply
Additional Text:Utility and Consumer Choice
Unit Three
Text:Price Elasticities of Demand and Supply
Additional Text:The Factors Influencing the Price Elasticities of Demand and Supply
Unit Four
Text: Cost of Production
Additional Text: Econonues and Diseconomies of Scale
Unit Five
Text:Monopoly
Additional Text:Perfect Competition
Unit Six
Text: Oligopoly,
Additional Text: Monopolistic Competition
Unit Seven
Text:Gross Domestic Product .
Additional Text:Two Alternative Approaches of Measuring GDP
Unit Eight
Text:Economic Growth
Additional Text: Sources of Economic Development
Unit Nine
Text: Inflation
Additional Text: Unemployment
Unit Ten
Text:Money and Banking .
Additional Text: The U.S. Central Bank: The Federal Reserve System
Unit Eleven
Text:Foreign Exchange and Exchange Rate.
Additional Text: Ihe Effects of Exchange Rates on the Economy.
Unit Twelve
Text:The Balance of Payments
Additional Text: International Monetary Systems
Unit Thirteen
Text: Fiscal and Monetary Policy.
Additional Text: Lags in the Economy's Response to Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Unit Foutteen
Text: Role of Government in the Economy,
Additional Text: Government's Policies Toward Externalities
Appendix Ⅰ Answers to Exercises,
Appendix Ⅱ Chinese Translation of the Texts