He found the snake curled up under the kitchen sink where the hot-water pipe fed into the faucet and dishwasher, but it was all but inanimate, as cold and slick as a garden hose left out in the frost.

他发现它蜷缩在厨房的洗碗池下面，哪里有流经水笼头和洗碗机的热水管，尽管如此，蛇还是几乎冻僵了，就像寒冷天气中，被遗忘在田园里用来浇水的软管一样，冰冷光滑，毫无生气。

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Turn the water off at the shutoff valves and remove the hot and cold supply lines running from the shutoff valves to the faucet.

关闭给水总阀，将总阀到水龙头间的冷、热水管拆除。

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If the drain hose does not have this rating, open the cold water inlet valve and open a nearby hot water faucet until water is no longer hot.

如果排水软管的额定温度没有达到上述要求，请打开冷水进水阀，打开附近的热水水龙头，直到水不热为止。

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