In Anuradhapura, however, trees were sacred.

然而，在阿努拉德普勒， 树木是神圣的。

2,500 years later in Sri Lanka,the city of Anuradhapura had a similar problem.

2500 年后， 斯里兰卡的阿努拉德普勒市也遇到了类似的问题。

Conversely, Anuradhapura's irrigation system was designed to work in concert with the surrounding forest.

相反，阿努拉德普勒的灌溉系统旨在与周围的森林协调工作。

Their city eventually grew to more than twice Uruk's population, and today, Anuradhapura still cares for a tree planted over 2,000 years ago.

他们的城市人口最终达到了乌鲁克的两倍多，如今，阿努拉德普勒仍然在呵护 2000 年前种植的树木。

In North Central Anuradhapura, a 16-year old who had suffered a snakebite died as his father rushed desperately from pharmacy to pharmacy to look for the anti-venom the public hospital had run out of.

在阿努拉达普拉中北部，一名16岁的少年被蛇咬伤，他的父亲绝望地从一家药店跑到另一家药店，寻找公立医院售尽的抗蛇毒血清，但（未能找到）最终少年还是因此死亡。