《泛读》共4册，每册用于一个学期的教学。第1册和第2册的内容以教育文化类的话题为主，第3册以行业类话题为主，第4册以经济商务类的话题为主。本书是第四册。

《泛读》每册含16个单元，每单元由2篇课文和1篇补充阅读组成。第1、2篇课文为现代时文，1篇补充阅读为与单元主题相关的阅读练习。该书还在第4、8、12单元之附有“阅读技巧”的介绍和练习。可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

UNIT 1

 TEXT Ⅰ My Financial Career / 1

 TEXT Ⅱ The Banking Business / 8

 Supplementary Reading / 11

UNIT 2

 TEXT Ⅰ The ABC of the Negotiation Game / 14

 TEXT Ⅱ Tax /21

 Supplementary Reading / 25

UNIT 3

 TEXT Ⅰ Financial Principles / 28

 TEXT Ⅱ The Role of Banks in Theory / 33

 Supplementary Reading / 37

UNIT 4

 TEXT Ⅰ Being Your Own Boss / 40

 TEXT Ⅱ The World Trade Organization /46

 Supplementary Reading /49

Reading Skills Ⅰ / 51

UNIT 5

 TEXT Ⅰ The Solution to Everything: HR / 56

 TEXT Ⅱ Human Relations at Sony / 63

 Supplementary Reading / 66

UNIT 6

 TEXT Ⅰ The Firm (Part Ⅰ) /69

 TEXT Ⅱ Stock and the Stock Market (Part Ⅰ) / 77

 Supplementary Reading / 82

UNIT 7

 TEXT Ⅰ The Firm (Part Ⅱ) /84

 TEXT Ⅱ Stock and the Stock Market (Part Ⅱ) 93

 Supplementary Reading / 100

UNIT 8

 TEXT Ⅰ Truth in Advertising / 102

 TEXT Ⅱ Electronic Commerce / 108

 Supplementary Reading / 114

Reading Skills Ⅱ / 117

UNIT 9

 TEXT Ⅰ And They Left.., / 124

 TEXT Ⅱ The Great Fire of London / 130

 Supplementary Reading / 133

UNIT 10

 TEXT Ⅰ What Ever Happened to the Paperless Office? / 135

 TEXT Ⅱ The World's First Insurance Company / 141

 Supplementary Reading / 145

UNIT 11

 TEXT Ⅰ Workplace Trends of the Future / 147

 TEXT Ⅱ Global Management for Global Business / 153

 Supplementary Reading / 158

UNIT 12

 TEXT Ⅰ Carly Fiorina's Remarks at Tsinghua University / 161

 TEXT Ⅱ What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur? / 168

 Supplementary Reading / 172

Reading Skills Ⅲ / 175

UNIT 13

 TEXT Ⅰ The Greening ofWaI-Mart / 179

 TEXT Ⅱ Letthe Dollar Drop / 186

 Supplementary Reading / 189

UNIT 14

 TEXT Ⅰ Why I Axed Alex, the Smug City Slicker / 192

 TEXT Ⅱ Time Management / 199

 Supplementary Reading / 205

UNIT 15

 TEXT Ⅰ Who's Drinking? / 207

 TEXT Ⅱ A Bullish Outlook for the Euro / 214

 Supplementary Reading / 218

UNIT 16

 TEXT Ⅰ Gratitude Is a Great Investment / 220

 TEXT Ⅱ Making the Grade / 227

 Supplementary Reading / 230

参考答案/ 233

References / 249