《经济学专业英语》教学大纲大纲说明课程代码： 3025050总学时： 40 学时总学分： 2.5课程类别 : 必修预修要求 : 西方经济学一、课程性质、目的、任务:本课程兼顾英语语言的学习应用和经济专业知识两个方面，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。
通过将英语与经济学方面的原理和基础知识相结合，培养学生具有较强的阅读能力、一定的会话及翻译能力，使他们能以英语为工具，顺利阅读本专业的英语材料、获取和交流本专业所需的信息、了解和熟悉经济学的最新发展与动态，并能在实践中加以运用。
二、课程教学的基本要求：教学形式以课堂讲解为主，结合单元练习培养和提高学生应用英语的能力，能熟练掌握经济学基本概念和基本理论以及专业术语。
加强学生的口头交流能力和书面表达能力，个人发言和小组讨论相结合。
除了完成课堂教学外，要求学生在课余进行广泛的相关内容的阅读。
三、大纲的使用说明：1、推荐使用教材Pindyck和Rubinfeld合作编著的《Microeconomics》第6版，清华大学出版社2、本课程建议学时为40 学时。
根据计划课时的不同，授课内容可作适当调整。
大纲正文Chapter 1 Preliminaries时间：4学时Key points:limits;trade-offs;prices;markets; models; positive versus normative analysisContents:①The importance of limits for economic analysis②Why people have to face trade-offs?③Why economists think with models?④What difference is positive economic analysis from normativeeconomic analysis?Additional Text: Markets for prescription drugsPractice①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 2 The basics of supply and demand时间：4学时Key points: supply curve; demand curve; market mechanism; elasticities of supply and demand; short run versus long run elasticities; price controlsContents:①The relationship of time and elasticities②The result of price control①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 3 Consumer behavior时间：4学时Key points:indifference curves; indifference maps; the marginal rate of substitution; budget constraints; corner solutionsContents:1.Consumer preferences2.Budget constraints3.Consumer choiceDiscussion Questions:①The types of indifference curves②The solutions of consumer choiceAdditional Text: Marginal utility and happinessGasoline rationingPractice①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 4 Individual and market demand时间：4学时Key points: normal versus inferior goods; engel curves; substitution effect;income effect; the Giffen good; consumer surplus; the bandwagon effect; thesnob effectContents:1.Individual demand2.Income and substitution effects3.Market demand4.Consumer surpluswork externalitiesDiscussion Questions:①The Engel curves and marketing in China②Does Giffen good exist?Additional Text: The effect of a gasoline taxNetwork externalities and the demands for computers and E-mail①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 5 Production时间：2学时products; the law of Key points: the production function;average and marginaldiminishing returns; returns to scaleContents:1.The technology of production2.Production with one variable input3.Production with two variable inputs4.Returns to scaleDiscussion Questions:①Why do we have the law of diminishingreturns Additional Text: Malthus and the food crisisPractice①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 6 The cost of production时间：4学时Key points: opportunity cost; sunk costs; fixed costs and variable costs;run cost curves; marginal and average cost; the isocost line; long run versus shorteconomies and diseconomies of scopeContents:1.Measuring cost2.Cost and its shape in the short run and long run3.Economies of scopeDiscussion Questions:①The types of cost curves and their significance②The types of economies of scopeAdditional Text: the learning curve inpractice Practice①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 7 Profit maximization and competitive supply时间：2学时Key points: profit maximization; marginal revenue and marginal cost; long runsupply curveContents:1.Perfectly competitive markets2.Choosing output in the short run and long run3.The industry’ s long run supply curveDiscussion Questions:①When does the firm stop product?②How doe the economic rent come into being?Additional Text: The short run world supply of copperPractice①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③ Translation④ Role play⑤ Writing taskChapter 8 The analysis of competitive markets时间：2学时Key points: minimum prices; price supports and production quotas; import quotas;tariffsContents:1.The efficiency of a competitive market2.Price supports and production quotas3.Import quotas and tariffs4.The impact of a tax or subsidyDiscussion Questions:①The analysis of public policies②Why is there public polices?Additional Text: Supporting the price of wheatThe sugar quota①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 9 Market power时间：4学时Key points: natural monopoly power; rent seeking; price regulation Contents:1.Monopoly2.Monopoly power3.Sources of monopoly power4.The social costs of monopoly power5.The antitrust lawsDiscussion Questions:①Sources of monopoly power②The enforcement of the antitrust lawsAdditional Text: Markup pricingThe pricing of videos①Vocabulary②Complete the statements according to the text.③Translation④Role play⑤Writing taskChapter 10 Externalities and public goods Key points: negative and positive时间：externalities;2 学时market failure; propertyrights; common property sources; public goods Contents:1.Externalities2.Ways of correcting market failure3.Externalities and property resources4.Public goodsDiscussion Questions:① Ways of correcting market failure② What is public goods?Additional Text: Crawfish fishing in LouisianaThe demand for clean airPractice① Vocabulary② Complete the statements according to the text.③ Translation④ Role play⑤ Writing task本课程对学生自学的要求：要求学生达到或超过四级英语水平，具有经济学方面的基础知识。