本书采用VOA标准英语的经济报道和商业新闻的部分内容，收集了2006年VOA特别英语中部分经济报道，在对其生词和背景进行注释的基础上设计相应的练习题，并附有经济报道全文及中文译文。本书配两盒磁带。

Unit 1 Port Deal Raises Security Concerns

Unit 2 South Korea' s Economy on the Upswing

Unit 3 Painful Cost-Cutting,Lay-offs Underway in U. S.Auto Industry

Unit 4 Japan Sweeps Consumer Reports Magazine Auto Ratings

Unit 5 Doha Trade Talks Resume March 10th and 11th 

Unit 6 India,U. S. Aim to Boost Economic Cooperation

Unit 7 AT&T-BellSouth Merger Proposed

Unit 8 Trade Agreement with Colombia

Unit 9 OPEC Steadies Quotas Ahead of Iran Nuclear Decision

Unit 10 World Trade Talks Produce "Incremental" Progress

Unit 11 New York Stock Exchange Goes Public

Unit 12 IMF:Bird Flu Pandemic Could Temporarily Hurt Global Economy

Unit 13 Petrodoilar Investment in U. S. on the Rise

Unit 14 Ranks of Global Billionaires Increasing at Faster Rate

Unit 15 GM Announces New Round of Job Cuts and Lower Prices

Unit 16 Industry Leaders Say U.S. Losing Competitive Edge 

Unit 17 U.S. Census Report Shows Rapid Growth for Hispanic.Owned Businesses

Unit 18 An Active Week on World Business Markets

Unit 19 Growing Pains at U.S. Ports Blamed on China Trade Imbalance

Unit 20 Free Trade Talks with U.S. Face Strong Pockets of Domestic Opposition in South Korea

Unit 21 China Relaxes Controls on Foreign Currency and Overseas Investments

Unit 22 Oil Industry Defends Big Profits

Unit 23 Experts Predict Increasing Friction in U.S. -China Economic Relationship

Unit 24 China' s Leading Search Engine Reports Soaring First Quarter Profit

Unit 25 Economists Warn against Restricting Foreign Investment

Unit 26 World Economic Forum Opens in Egypt

Unit 27 Tuesday Morning Business News

Uint 28 Asian-Owned Businesses Booming in the U.S. 

Uint 29 Bill Gates to Scale Back Duties at Microsoft

Uint 30 Financial Markets Tumble amid Fears of Slowdown, Higher Interest Rates 

Uint 31 India Attracts New Investments from Global Companies

Uint 32 Interest Grows in Rare Stamps as Investments

Uint 33 Foreign Competition Forces U. S. Autoworker Concess