They said I was irresponsible, and from that day on they never again let me have a pet, not even an ordinary garden spider.

他们说我是个不负责任的傻瓜。从那天起，他们就再也不让我养宠物了，就连一只普普通通的花园蜘蛛也不让我养了。

Post-it maker 3m hired Sahni while he was still pursuing his PhD, studying the webs of black widow and common garden spiders, including the spider pictured above.

生产便利贴的3m公司在萨尼还在攻读博士学位时就聘用了他。当时他正在研究黑寡妇蜘蛛和普通花园蜘蛛的网，还有上图所示的这种蜘蛛。

He picked up the spider and threw it out of the window, far, far into the garden.

他抓起那只蜘蛛，把他使劲地从窗户扔了出去，远远地扔到了花园里。

They used special equipment to send out laser pulses into the web of a garden cross spider. Then they used a laser to measure the very small vibrations, which spread through the web.

他们利用特殊设备向一只十字园蛛的蛛网上发出激光脉冲，然后他们利用激光测量这种传遍蛛网的微小振动。