学习A-level经济之前该做哪些准备？

学习A-level经济之前该做哪些准备？

A-level经济可以为热门的会计、金融、经济学等大学专业打下良好基础，所以在国内外A-level学生中都十分受欢迎。

但是，对国内学生来说，经济是以前初高中没有的学科，大家也几乎没有什么接触，所以入门具有一定难度。

下个学期即将开始学习A-level经济的同学，这个暑期可以提前做一些准备：

关于学习准备给大家找来了一些非常适合入门的资料：

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阅读书单

1）课程教材2）推荐书单

The Economics Book by Niall Kishtainy

Economics: The User's Guide: A Pelican Introduction by Ha-Joon Chang

Cracking Economics by Tejvan Pettinger

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Levitt, Steven

D., Dubner

The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford

The Euro by Joseph Stiglitz

Capital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty

Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth

GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History by Professor Diane Coyle

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经济新闻网站

BBC News (economy div)

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The Guardian (economics div)

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The Telegraph (economy div)

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The Independent (money div)

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This is money

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适合收集经济数据的网站

Office for National Statistics图片5 Economics图片6

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经济类杂志

Economic Review

The Economist

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经济相关的电影

The Big Short (2015) – biographical drama-comedy film

Margin Call (2011) – drama film

Rogue Trader (1999) – biographical drama film

Boiler Room (2000) – crime, drama film

Wall Street (1987) – drama film

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - documentary

Inside Job (2010) – documentary

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通过自己的研究和了解，将以下描述和专业术语搭配起来

经济描述

1. Reflects productivity and growth.2. Rivalry among sellers for the customer’s money.3. Special quality of a competitive economic system.4. Study of production, distribution and consumption.5. Economy where the government has central control.6. Someone who uses goods and services.7. Amount left over after the costs of running the business have been paid.8. Value of all goods and services produced in the country within a year.9. Rules enforceable by law.10. The use of goods/services for the production of capital goods or for the satisfaction ofpersonal needs and wants.11. Economic system characterised by private ownership of capital goods.12. Making goods and providing services for human consumption.13. A process by which unions establish higher wages and better working conditions.14. Money that is collected from businesses and individuals to fund a government’s budget.15. Money used to start or expand a business

经济术语/短语

A. Collective bargainingB. Standard of livingC. FreedomD. CapitalE. CommunismF. ProductionG. ProfitsH. Free enterpriseI. RegulationJ. TaxK. CompetitionL. ConsumerM. EconomicsN. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)O. Consumption

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A-level经济学习网站

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