【问】I met her in the street____and she told me she was leaving for France next month.

A. the following day B. the next day C. the other day D. some days(《英语考试题典》，吉林科技出版社，1994，P.637)

该书给的答案是C(the other day=前几天)。我认为这一答案是正确的。但是，我认为A(the following day)和B(the next day)同样也是正确的。不知您是否同意我的看法。

【答】 在没有上下文的条件下，A、B或C都是正确的。我们在next week/the next week和next year/the following year条目中已经讲到，the next day或the following day是指以过去某个时间点为背景的第二天。例如：

1. They arrived in Moscow on a Monday. The next day they left for Paris.

他们在某个星期一到达莫斯科。第二天启程去了巴黎。

2. He came again the next morning. (Priestley)

第二天早晨他又来了。

3. A rebellion broke out the following year. (Hazen)

第二年便爆发了起义。