ICE CREAM

Ice cream is the most popular dessert in the world

aɪs kri:m ɪz ðə moʊst ˈpɑ:pjələr dɪˈzɜrt ɪn ðə wɜ:rld

There are many stories about how it became popular

ðɛr ɑ:r ˈmɛni ˈstɔriz əˈbaʊt haʊ ɪt bɪˈkeɪm ˈpɑ:pjələr

The stories might not be true because they do not say how ice cream was
actually made
ðə ˈstɔriz maɪt nɑ:t bi: tru: bɪˈkɔz ðeɪ du: nɑ:t seɪ haʊ aɪs kri:m wʌz ˈækʧuəli meɪd

One story says that ice cream was invented in the 1600s.
wʌn ˈstɔri sɛz ðæt aɪs kri:m wʌz ɪnˈvɛntəd ɪn ðə ˌsɪkˈstiːn ˈhʌn.drəds

A chef made the first ice cream for King Charles I of England.
ə ʃɛf meɪd ðə fɜrst aɪs kri:m fɔr kɪŋ ʧɑ:rlz ðə fɜrst ʌv ˈɪŋglənd.

The king was so fond of eating the ice cream that he paid the chef a lot of
money to keep it a secret.
ðə kɪŋ wʌz soʊ fɑ:nd ʌv ˈitɪŋ ði: aɪs kri:m ðæt hi: peɪd ðə ʃɛf ə lɑ:t ʌv ˈmʌni tu:
ki:p ɪt ə ˈsi:krət

In 1649, King Charles I was killed, and the chef told everyone about the ice
cream
ɪn ˌsɪkˈstiːn - ˈfɔː.ti - naɪn, kɪŋ ʧɑ:rlz ðə fɜrst wʌz kɪld, ænd ðə ʃɛf toʊld ˈɛvriˌwʌn ə
ˈbaʊt ði: aɪs kri:m.

There is also another story that says how Marco Polo ate ice cream when
he was in China, and brought the recipe back to Italy in the 1200s.
ðeɪ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈnʌðər ˈstɔri ðæt sɛz haʊ ˈmɑ:rkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ eɪt aɪs kri:m wɛn hi: wʌz
ɪn ˈʧaɪnə, ænd brɔ:t ðə ˈresəpi bæk tu: ˈɪtəli ɪn ðə twelve ˈhʌn.drəds
Then one Italian princess married a prince from another country,
ðen wʌn ɪˈtæljən ˈprɪnses ˈmerid ə prɪns frʌm əˈnʌðər ˈkʌntri,

and that’s how some think ice cream became popular

ænd ðæts haʊ sʌm - θɪŋk aɪs kri:m bɪˈkeɪm ˈpɑ:pjələr