《经济学专业英语教程》兼顾英语语言的学习应用和经济学专业知识两个方面。学生在锻炼英语应用能力的同时，又可学到经济学方面的知识。

宋利芳、张勇先、高宏存主编的《经济学专业英语教程（第三版·上）》共有14个单元，每一单元包括主课文和副课文，系统介绍了经济学方面的基础知识和基本理论，具有较强的系统性和完整性，涵盖了微观经济学和宏观经济学的主要内容。各单元的主课文内容分别为：第一单元：什么是经济学；第二单元：需求与供给；第三单元：需求与供给的价格弹性；第四单元：生产成本；第五单元：垄断；第六单元：寡头垄断；第七单元：国内生产总值；第八单元：经济增长；第九单元：通货膨胀；第十单元：货币与银行；第十一单元：外汇与汇率；第十二单元：国际收支；第十三单元：财政政策与货币政策；第十四单元：政府在经济中的作用。

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: Economies 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: The 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 Fourteen

 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