PEU 将 See you the next week! 列为典型错误,但我不明白 the next week 在这里为什么是错误的。the next week, the next day, the next morning, the next year 不是经常可以看到的搭配吗?
当我们以现在为时间参照点(以现在时间为背景)来谈论下周、下月、第二天、明年时，我们应当使用不带定冠词 the 的 next。
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I shall go there next year (week, month). 我将于明年(下周,下月)去那里。
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I'll be abroad next Christmas. 下一个圣诞节我就在国外了。
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By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. (New Concept English, Book 2, L.37) 到明年年底他们将完成新体育场的工程。
但是,当以过去某一时间点或将来某个时间点为时间参照点时,则 next 常常带定冠词 the:
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He came again the next morning. (Priestley) (以过去时间点为背景) 第二天早晨他又来了。
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He will spend the first week of his holiday in Egypt and the next week in Italy. （以在埃及度假第一周的将来时间为时间参照点来谈论“下周”“第二周”）他将在埃及度过假期的第一周，第二周在意大利。
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In 1855 he was 46; the next year, 1856, he was 47. (LDCE) (以 1855 年为时间参照点) 1855 年他四十六岁; 第二年, 即 1856 年, 他四十七岁。
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She informed him that she was to send for it the next day. (Shaw) (以过去为时间参照点) 她告诉他她打算在第二天派人把它取回来。
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They arrived in Moscow on a Monday. The next day they left for Paris. 他们在一个星期一到达莫斯科,第二天启程去了巴黎。
但是,要特别注意,在后一情况下,也可以不加定冠词 the,这就是说,next day (week, month, year) 也可以以过去时间为时间参照点:
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He called for a meeting next week. (CGEL) (next week 所指的时间以 called for 的时间为参照点) 他要求下周开个会。
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They predicted a crisis next month. (CGEL) (next month 是针对 predicted 而言的) 他们预言了下个月的危机。
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Next morning she was down early. 第二天早晨她下楼很早。
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But next day he cheered up. (Cronin) 但是,第二天他高兴起来。
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When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. (New Concept English, Book 2, L.73) 第二天一早醒来，他发现在这段时间里，船已经开到加莱。
请做下面的试题：
It has been announced that the Joint Chiefs of Staff will meet the next week. (TOEFL)