本书是中等职业教育**规划教材配套教学用书。本书共分10个单元，每单元编排两节内容，主要包括会计发展史、会计领域、企业组织形式、会计信息系统、会计等式、英格兰银行、财务报表等。每个单元均由课文、生词、词组、注释、单词学习、译文和各种形式的课后练习组成，*后还以名家格言或者小幽默结束整个单元。本书旨在从专业英语角度增强学生对会计基本概念和会计职业的理解，力求开阔学生的视野，调动学生的学习热情，提高学生的学习兴趣。
本书可作为中等职业学校财经类专业会计英语课程教学用书，也可作为在职财经人员及自学者的参考用书。
本书配有辅助教学的MP3格式的CD-ROM一张。

Unit One The History of Accounting （1）
Part Ⅰ How Accounting Develops
Part Ⅱ The Father of Accounting--Pacioli
Unit Two The History of Accounting （2）
Part Ⅰ The Industrial Revolution
Part Ⅱ Dialogue--The Post of Accounting
Unit Three The Accounting Areas
Part Ⅰ The Areas of Accounting
Part Ⅱ The AICPA （American Institute of Certified Public Accountants）
Unit Four Forms of Business Organization
Part Ⅰ Forms of Business Organization
Part Ⅱ Family Financial Planning
Unit Five Accounting--An Information Processing System
Part Ⅰ Accounting --An Information Processing System
Part Ⅱ Coins in American Currency
Unit Six The Accounting Equation
Part Ⅰ The Accounting Equation
Part Ⅱ Careers in Accounting
Unit Seven The Bank of England
Part Ⅰ The Bank of England
Part Ⅱ At a Bank
Unit Eight The Financial Statement （1）
Part Ⅰ Balance Sheet
Part Ⅱ Want Ad -- Accountant
Unit Nine The Financial Statement （2）
Part Ⅰ Income Statement
Part Ⅱ Resume--Junior Accountant
Unit Ten The Basic Assumptions And Principles of Accounting
Part Ⅰ The Basic Assumptions
Part Ⅱ Dell's Story
Accounting Terms
Vocabulary
Reference Answer