Unit 1 资源型产品的价格上涨（有色金属、粮价等） 1
Text A．Let Them Eat Bugs 1
Text B．Quanex:A Smart Play in Metals 7
Unit 2 石油价格上涨对世界经济的影响 18
Text A．The Rise of Crude Oil Prices Is Reshaping In-ternational Relations 18
Text B．Cars in Russia 27
Unit 3 替代能源和生物能源开发的展望 35
Text A．Wave Power 35
Text B．On the Green Road 44
Unit 4 银行业的并购 53
Text A．International Banking—Paradise Lost 53
Text B．American Banks:From Whoo Hoo to Boo Hoo 64
Unit 5 金融风险 71
Text A．Leveraged Buy-outs:Private Investigations 71
Text B．Mutual Funds Roundup:That Bear's Still There 79
Unit 6 不同国家的会计制度和贸易规则 88
Text A．Fewer Taxes,Better Growth 88
Text B．Afta Doha 97
Unit 7 大企业的并购 105
Text A．Airline Consolidation?Hell No 105
Text B．Microsoft's Urge to Merge 114
Unit 8 跨国企业应对通货膨胀的策略 125
Text A．ECB Remains Focused on Inflation 125
Text B．Economies Slow as Inflation Catches Up with Europe 135
Unit 9 自然灾害对世界经济的影响 143
Text A．Massive China Quake Heavily Mauls Tourist Paradise 143
Text B．Burma's Pain 151
Unit 10 人民币汇率对我国经济的影响 161
Text A．Why Hot Money Is Sizzling in China 161
Text B．Strong Case for Caution over RMB Apprecia-tion 172
Unit 11 非关税的贸易壁垒 181
Text A．A Bilateral Slam Dunk 181
Text B．It's the Stupid Politics 190
Unit 12 中国贸易政策 202
Text A．IPR,Trade Barriers and Open Document For-mats:China Learns Its Lessons Well 202
Text B．In Shift,U.S.Investors' view of China Trade Policies 210
Unit 13 服务贸易的发展 219
Text A．Financial Reform Innovation Provided Tremen-dous Impetus for the Development of Binhai New Area 219
Text B．Chinese Economy May Buck the Trend of Post-Games Slowdown 227
Unit 14 航运的发展（空运和海运） 235
Text A．Passenger Shipping Industry Drowns While Budget Airlines Fly High 235
Text B．Honeywell Selected to Supply Key Avionics and Mechanical Systems for New Gulfstream G650 Business Jet 245
Unit 15 美国次贷危机对全球经济的影响 257
Text A．Subprime Crisis to Seriously Hit Economies 257
Text B．Impending Destruction of the US Economy 265
参考答案 273