next morning 是否应该改为the next morning

Tom is excited about his thirteenth birthday. "It's my birthday tomorrow. Can I have a birthday party?" He asks his mother. “You don't need to have a party this year, Tom. You had one last year, and don't call your friends to come to our home. I think they must be busy,” says his mother.Tom is not happy. Next morning, he goes out of his bed for his breakfast and he sees some balloons are in the living room. And a big birthday cake is on the table. His friends and parents are all here. "Happy birthday,Tom. This is for you." says his mother.


专家老师,我认为文中的粗体字next morning应该改为the next morning(第二天)其后时态依然可以保留一般现在时,可以理解为历史现在时。


当然,其后的时态用一般过去时更自然,易于初学者接受。


盼望专家老师结合文本就我的理解给予分析指导,十分感谢。

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最佳答案 2020-01-09 10:59

按传统语法,要表示非现在时间的“第二天早上”,通常要用 the next morning。但在现代英语中,也可以用 next morning(即省略 the)。如下面的内容摘自《柯林斯高级英语用法词典》:

If you want to say that something happened during the morning of the next day, you say that it happened the next morning, in the morning, next morning, or the following morning.

The next morning I got up early and ate my breakfast.

In the morning Bernard wanted to go out for fresh milk.

Next morning we drove over to Leysin.

The ship was due to sail the following morning.

 

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刘永科   - 教育出版集团英语总顾问 & 英语系列图书主编
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按语法规则,英语中就不应该有 next morning 的表达。因为“明天早上” 是 tomorrow morning,“第二天早上;次日早上” 是 the next morning,带有序数概念:指过去或将来已确定的某天的“次日”,如在间接引语中,描述tomorrow morning 时就用 the next morning。

无论在直接引语或间接引语中,都没有 next day 或 next morning/afternoon/evening 的说法。

但可以有next week/month/March/season/year 的表达。指离说话最近的那个时间。

在现实英语或英语文学作品中,偶尔会见到 next morning 或 next afternoon 的表达,也不能算错。

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