1.There is an old sicilian saying: "with a contented stomach, your heart is forgiving. With an empty stomach you forgive nothing" .
一句古老的西西里谚语说：“腹中饱饱，心也宽容。饥肠辘辘，怨恨滋生”。
2.Gambetta is an authority on the Sicilian mafia, but deploys the tools of an economist to understand them and other criminals.
甘贝塔是一位研究西西里黑手党的权威，但他利用经济学家的工具来理解黑手党成员和其他犯罪分子。
3.I ran my theory past a Sicilian psychoanalyst and he said I had a point.
我跟一位西西里的心理分析专家提到过我的理论，他说有点道理。
4.The leaning tower was reportedly one of the targets of a string of bombings carried out by the Sicilian Mafia in 1993 though it was not hit.
据报道，在1993年西西里黑手党制造的一连串爆炸事件中，比萨斜塔是攻击目标之一，但是斜塔没有遭到袭击。
5.a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia.
美国的一个罪犯辛迪加；以家庭的方式组织起来；被认为与西西里岛的黑手党有重要联系。
6.In the sun-broiled Sicilian summer, says one beach regular, the seashore is 'the only place we can get even a hint of a breeze.
在灼热的西西里岛夏季，一位海滨常客说：“海边是‘唯一一个可以感觉到一丝清凉的地方’”。
7.After Pericles'death, the Athenians'unrestrained desire resulted in the Sicilian expedition and finally led to a huge failure and much pain.
西西里远征是伯里克利逝世后雅典人不能节制欲望的结果，并最终导致了巨大的失败和痛苦。
8.Asked to measure whether a crown was made of pure gold, the Sicilian Greek Archimedes (3rd Century BC) puzzled over a solution.
因授命评估皇冠是否为纯金打造，来自西西里岛的希腊人阿基米德（公元前三世纪）苦于找出一个方法。
9.Michael stubbed out his cigarette and put on work pants, work shirt and the peaked cap most Sicilian men wore.
迈克尔掐灭了香烟头，穿上了工作裤，工作衫，戴上了大多数西西里男子常戴的那种鸭嘴帽。
10.This uprising in European history known as the "Sicilian Vespers incident. "
这场起义在欧洲史上被称作“西西里晚祷事件”。