Sicily is the big island at the bottom of Italy — the one the boot of Italy looks like it is kicking. It is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and it is part of Italy, but Sicilians often talk about "Italy" as if it were somewhere else, the way people on a big island sometimes do. The main city is Palermo.

SicilySicily（西西里） is the big island是那座大島，at the bottom of Italy在義大利的最南端——the one the boot of Italy looks like it is kicking就是義大利那隻「靴子」看起來像在踢的那顆球。It is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea它是地中海裡最大的島，and it is part of Italy也是義大利的一部分，but Sicilians often talk about "Italy" as if it were somewhere else但西西里人講到「義大利」時常常講得好像那是別的地方——the way people on a big island sometimes do這是大島上的人有時候會有的講法。The main city主要的城市 is Palermo是Palermo（巴勒摩）。

It is hot, dry in summer, and famous for food (oranges, lemons, fish, very sweet cakes), for the volcano Mount Etna, which still smokes and sometimes throws out fire, and for its very long history: Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans and Spanish all ruled it, and you can still see all of them in the buildings and even in the food.

It is hot, dry in summer這裡夏天又熱又乾，and famous for food也以美食聞名 (oranges, lemons, fish, very sweet cakes)（橘子、檸檬、魚、還有很甜的蛋糕），for the volcano Mount Etna還有Mount Etna火山，which still smokes and sometimes throws out fire現在還會冒煙，有時候還會噴火，and for its very long history以及它非常悠久的歷史：Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans and Spanish all ruled it希臘人、羅馬人、阿拉伯人、諾曼人、西班牙人都統治過這裡，and you can still see all of them in the buildings and even in the food而這些痕跡到現在還看得到，在建築裡，甚至在食物裡。

In English, though, there is one more thing the name carries: the mafia. Sicily is where the mafia began, and because of films like The Godfather, many English speakers hear "Sicily" and think first of crime families, silence, and revenge. That is a real part of the island's history and it still matters there today — but it is worth knowing that this is a small part of a big place, and that saying it to a Sicilian person as a joke would not be funny.

In English, though不過在英文裡，there is one more thing the name carries這個地名還帶著另一層意思：the mafia黑手黨。SicilySicily is where the mafia began是黑手黨起源的地方，and because of films like The Godfather而且因為像《The Godfather》教父這樣的電影，many English speakers hear "Sicily"很多講英文的人一聽到「Sicily」 and think first of crime families, silence, and revenge第一個聯想到的就是犯罪家族、沉默、還有復仇。That is a real part of the island's history那的確是這座島歷史真實的一部分，and it still matters there today現在在當地也還是很重要的事——but it is worth knowing但值得知道的是 that this is a small part of a big place這只是一個大地方裡很小的一部分，and that saying it to a Sicilian person as a joke would not be funny而且拿這件事去跟西西里人開玩笑一點都不好笑。

The adjective and the word for a person from there is Sicilian: Sicilian food, a Sicilian friend.

The adjective and the word for a person from there形容詞、還有指這裡的人的說法 is Sicilian是Sicilian：Sicilian foodSicilian food（西西里料理）、a Sicilian frienda Sicilian friend（一個西西里朋友）。