1. Slam reached Goma, a city of some 1m people in embattled eastern Congo, five years ago when a handful of young men began watching YouTube videos of slammers across the world.

a handful of 一把;一小撮;少数
 

He grabbed a handful of hair and jerked at it.

他抓住一把头发猛拉。

2. With its sprawling tin-roofed houses and unpaved sidestreets, Goma is a far cry from Chicago’s skyscrapers, but the same slam fervour spread among its youth as it did when Mr Smith first promoted the idea in America.

a far cry from 大相径庭

Their lives are a far cry from his own poor childhood.

他们的生活与他那贫苦的童年生活相比大相径庭。