本教材是专门针对职业院校的财经类专业学生编写的，内容浅显扼要，选材短小精悍。全书按照模块形式编写，每个模块相对独立，同时模块之间又存在一定联系。
全书共分六大模块：财经基础英语、会计英语、银行英语、保险英语、证券英语和文秘英语。每个模块又分别有六个单元。编排上，本书力求将词汇、短语、语法、课文和练习融为一体，在总体设计上力争体现科学性、新颖性、系统性、广泛性，对其中难懂的词句都加了注释。
模块1 财经基础......................................................................................................................1
Unit 1 The Functions of Money ...........................................................................................1
Unit 2 Subprime Mortgage Crisis ........................................................................................7
Unit 3 Markets....................................................................................................................13
Unit 4 Which Is More Important? Buying or Selling? .......................................................20
Unit 5 Credit Cards ............................................................................................................26
Unit 6 New Opportunities from Corporate Bonds .............................................................34
模块2 会计英语...................................................................................................................40 模块1 财经基础......................................................................................................................1
Unit 1 The Functions of Money ...........................................................................................1
Unit 2 Subprime Mortgage Crisis ........................................................................................7
Unit 3 Markets....................................................................................................................13
Unit 4 Which Is More Important? Buying or Selling? .......................................................20
Unit 5 Credit Cards ............................................................................................................26
Unit 6 New Opportunities from Corporate Bonds .............................................................34
模块2 会计英语...................................................................................................................40
Unit 1 The Work of Accountants........................................................................................40
Unit 2 Cash.........................................................................................................................45
Unit 3 The Conventions of Accounting Ⅰ........................................................................50
Unit 4 The Conventions of Accounting Ⅱ........................................................................55
Unit 5 Accounting Equation...............................................................................................59
Unit 6 Double Entry System ..............................................................................................63
模块3 银行英语...................................................................................................................67
Unit 1 The Services of a Bank ...........................................................................................67
Unit 2 The World Bank ......................................................................................................73
Unit 3 Deposits...................................................................................................................79
Unit 4 Advances.................................................................................................................85
Unit 5 Electronic Banking..................................................................................................90
Unit 6 Remittance and Cashing Business...........................................................................96
模块4 保险英语.................................................................................................................102
Unit 1 Insurance ...............................................................................................................102
Unit 2 Insurance Policies You Can’t Do Without.............................................................107
Unit 3 Life Insurance .......................................................................................................114
Unit 4 Reinsurance...........................................................................................................120
Unit 5 Insurable Interest...................................................................................................125
Unit 6 Filing an Insurance Claim .....................................................................................132
模块5 证券英语.................................................................................................................138
Unit 1 What Is Stock Trading and How Does It Work? ...................................................138
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Unit 2 Why Do People Buy Stocks? ................................................................................144
Unit 3 What Is a Growth Stock? ......................................................................................150
Unit 4 How to Pick a Stock? (I) .......................................................................................156
Unit 5 How to Pick a Stock?
本书第1 版自出版以来，受到广大读者的关注和支持。随着社会经济的发展和专业英语
尤其是财经专业英语在职业教育中重要性的加强，本着与时俱进、务实求真的目的，我们对第1 版教材进行了修订。修订过程中，坚持“以素质为基础，以就业为导向，以能力为本位，以学生为主体”的职业教育课程改革的指导思想，努力反映我国社会经济发展的需要，从职业岗位出发，以职业能力培养为核心；推陈出新，体现新知识、新技术、新方法；在力求科学性、实践性、适用性的同时，着力凸显可读性和趣味性。旨在使学生通过学习和练习，能够掌握和运用专业英语，成为一个应用型的财经专业人才。
再版教材从以下几方面进行了修订：
更换各模块中部分内容，既考虑用人单位对职校生职业英语能力的要求，又兼顾知识
的系统性和逻辑性；
按照更新后的六个模块，重新编写了资料包，完善了配套练习，重点训练学生掌握专
业英语知识和解决实际问题的技能；
采用理论与实际相结合的方法，用情境导入的教学方式来组织教材。
再版教材将体现以下特点：
形式新颖。以学生“专业英语能力的形成”为主线。
内容全面。包含课堂回答问题、课后练习、单元自测等多个实践互动环节，可使学生
在学习和实践过程中掌握相关知识，形成职业能力。
本书由孙旭担任主编 ，第一模块由孙旭、孟婧修订，第二模块由苗冰修订，第三模块
由郭开菊修订，第四模块由黄玮、魏伟修订，第五模块由李兴志、陈静修订，第六模块由宋建宏、黄玮修订，总词汇表由黄玮整理（请登录www.hxedu.com.cn下载）。全书由孙旭、李兴志、黄玮总纂。
本书在出版过程中，还得到了北京市教委职教学会金融事业委员会领导的指导和帮助，
在此向他们致以诚挚的谢意！
由于时间仓促，水平所限，书中难免出现谬误之处，敬请广大师生批评指正。
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