核心问题
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。
词典解答
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：
other than
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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。
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He came again the next morning. (Priestley) 第二天早晨他又来了。
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A rebellion broke out the following year. (Hazen) 第二年便爆发了起义。