英国著名戏剧文学家萧伯纳（Bernard Shaw, 1856_1950 ）的作品“Augustus Does His Bit”(《奥古斯都尽了他的本份》)是一部讽刺剧，剧中主要人物奥古斯都是一个政府要员，一个上流社会的贵族。他与手下一个小职员和一位女士有这样一段对白：The clerk: (entering) Are you engaged?Augustus: What business is that of yours? However, if you will take the trouble to read the society papers for this week, you willsee that I am eng...
