本书的特点是：1全部课文选自原文。每篇篇幅长约800-1000字，便于安排时间教学或自学；2课文注释详尽，包括难句翻译、语法分析、专业术语解释以及语言点例句；3练习内容丰富，既有主观题型，也有客观题型，与国内外金融英语考试题型相似；4附加阅读理解十五篇，让学有余力的读者借以扩大知识面，增强应试能力。

If we were all self-sufficient and preferred not to trade with one another ,there would be no need for money .In a primitive society this might be possuble,of course ,but it is inconceivable that we could live like this today even in the small communes that are established from time to time.Some direct exchange of goods ——barter——is likely to be inevitable,and if trading becomes at all extensive then barter must give way to indirect exchange involving the use of money.