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正确答案：C
解析：Why does the woman say this:
"It's not 'pigeon' like the birds! It's a different word—here, let me show you—it has the same pronunciation, but a different spelling."
The woman's purpose is to correct the man's misunderstanding of a word. The man thinks that the word for a type of language is "pigeon, " like the bird of that name. The woman corrects his misunderstanding by showing him the correct word, "pidgin." (2.3)