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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But, no matter how simplistic this design is, you will still have to solder copper pipe joints if you want to tap into your existing hot water system.

但是，这个设计无论多么简单，你总得要焊接铜管，以便接入你现有的热水供应系统。

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The hot water from the street runs through them, warming the groundwater, before returning to the surface via another pipe.

之后再通过另一跟导管返回地表进行另一次加热。

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