His school, Monta Loma Elementary, was a series of low-slung 1950s buildings four blocks from his house.

他就读的学校，蒙塔·洛马小学，在他家四条街之外，是由一群 20 世纪 50 年代的低矮建筑组成的。

It was only eight blocks from Monta Loma Elementary, but in many ways it was a world apart, located in a neighborhood filled with ethnic gangs.

这所学校离原来的蒙塔·洛马小学不过八条街之隔，但在很多方面这里就像另一个世界，这所学校地处一个充斥着少数族裔帮派的社区。