《商务英语综合教程》(An Integrated Course of Business English)是为高等院校商务英语专业本科一、二年级学生编写的基础教材,由四川外国语大学商务英语学院教师编写而成。 
	  《高等学校商务英语专业本科教学要求》指出:高等学校商务英语专业旨在培养具有扎实的英语基本功、宽阔的国际化视野、合理的国际商务知识与技能,掌握经济、管理和法学等相关学科的基本知识和理论,具备较高的人文素养和跨文化交际与沟通能力,能在国际环境中用英语从事商务、经贸、管理、金融、外事等工作的复合型英语人才。作为商务英语专业中的主干课程,《商务英语综合教程》则力图培养过硬的英语基本能力、拓展丰富的商务知识、加强人文关怀,使学生在提升语言能力和知识结构的同时,也关注经济的发展对贫富差距、地球环境和地缘政治等的影响。 
	  英语基础阶段的主要教学任务是,对学生进行全面严格的基本技能训练,培养他们运用语言的实际能力,为进入高年级阶段打下扎实的专业基础。为了实现这一目标,本套教材将英语基本核心词汇与商务领域的术语和概念结合起来,加强学生对基本语法和词汇的熟练掌握和运用,进而培养学生的听、说、读、写、译的综合技能以及多方位的商务知识感知能力。在练习设计过程中,为了避免词汇和句法简单的重复与模仿,我们对出自英语原刊的句子进行了严格的挑选,这些句子极富表达力,目的是开拓学生独立的思维空间,培养他们用英语表达自己思想的能力。 
	  就商务知识而言,内容涵盖了经济学基础、税收、企业管理、企业文化、产品、营销、人力资源管理、电子商务、保险、国际贸易、证券与资本市场等众多领域。需要指出的是,该教材不同于单纯的以知识体系为主的商务英语教材,本套教材仍然保留了英语专业传统精读教材的精髓,以一课为一单元,每一单元的精读文本与补充阅读文本基本围绕同一个主题,相邻的几个课文在内容上都与某一特定的商务知识相关。如果以知识体系为主,这套教材必然与商务英语专业的其他课程造成内容上的重复,难免会忽视学生人文素养的提高。 
	  本套教材绝大多数选自英语国家出版的刊物。这似乎超越了基础阶段学生的能力,实则不然。首先,纯正的英文素材是保证学生语言输入的关键,也是语言输出的重要保证;其次,这样的选材有助于他们逻辑思辨能力的提高;同时,也能为一些学员在高年级阶段去国外院校进一步深造打下坚实的语言基础。 
	  为了方便教师使用,本套教材配备了课件PPT,其主要内容是练习答案和课文中难句的理解。 
	  本套教材的编写从一开始就得到了中国国际商务英语研究会副主任、上海海事大学外国语学院翁凤祥教授的指导,四川外国语大学商务英语学院院长段玲琍教授自始至终给予了悉心的关怀,重庆大学出版社也一直关注着教材的建设。在此,我们对他们一并表示衷心的感谢。 
	  在本套教材的编写过程中,各册主编和编者就各个单元的设计各抒己见,畅所欲言,后几经论证,终成此书。我们一直追求编著一套非常务实的商务英语综合教程,虽不能至,心向往之。由于编者水平有限,错误和疏漏之处在所难免,恳请各位教师和读者不吝赐教。
	
 
	Unit 1 Business Lunch
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Escalated Dining
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Essential Guide to the Business Lunch
	
	Unit 2 Business Culture
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Culture Clash
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Why Women Leave Tech: It's the Culture, Not because "Math Is Hard"
	
	Unit 3 Leadership
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A The Ways Chief Executive Officers Lead
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B The Boss with No Office
	
	Unit 4 Employee Management
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Rethinking HR' s Role in Employee Engagement
	Part IIl Supplementary Reading
	Text B Using Employee Segmentation to Bring out the Best in Your Workforce
	
	Unit 5 Marketing
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Marketing Moxie: Define Your Mission & Vision
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Content Marketing
	
	Unit 6 Business Ethics
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Software Engineers Need a Crash Course in Ethics
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Women May Avoid Business Careers to Maintain Ethical Integrity
	
	Unit 7 Customer Service
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Why Customer Experience Matters More than Ever for Enterprise IT?
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Earn Customer Loyalty without Losing Your Shirt
	
	Unit 8 Supply Chains
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Turn Your Supply Chain into a Profitable Growth Engine
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Apple Needs Good, Not Just Better, Supply Chain
	
	Unit 9 Financial Advisor
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part IF Intensive Reading
	Text A Hiring a Financial Advisor
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B How to Fire Your Financial Advisor
	
	Unit 10 E-Commerce
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A The Rise and Fall of an E-commerce Golden Child
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B The Future of the Internet
	
	Unit 11 Investment
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A Investment Risks
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Lethal Mistakes for Real Estate Investors
	
	Unit 12 Negotiation
	Part I Lead-in Activities
	Part II Intensive Reading
	Text A What to Be Communicated During Negotiation?
	Part III Supplementary Reading
	Text B Business Negotiation Metaphors