No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may
have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and a thousand years ago. In that time, the dish
reached India. The Indians, in turn, many have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians.
Marco Polo, an Italian who travelled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese
had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became
popular first in Venice and then throughout Italy.
At first ice cream was a luxury (奢侈品) in France. Only rich people had the money to buy it. Then,
in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice
cream at prices people could afford. Then his ice cream became so popular that other shops were
opened.
About 1640, King Charles introduced ice cream to England and soon ice cream quickly became
popular in England too.
American now eat more ice cream than any other people in the world. But they are not the only ones
who are fond of it. Greeks are also very fond of ice cream. In the large cities of Germany there are many
small shops that sell only ice cream. Ice cream shops are not as common as in England, although large
London stores do have soda fountains (冷饮部).
Ice cream sodas first became popular sometime in the 1880s in the United States. In fact they soon
became too popular to suit some of the good people of Evanston, Illinois. They thought it was not proper
to drink soda on Sunday. A city law was passed to stop the ice cream soda on Sundays. To keep within
the law, it is said that one man served ice cream with syrup (糖水).
Throughout its long history, ice cream has been a favorite dish. But only in this century has it been
made with so many different tastes. People today can select from more than 240 flavors.
| Topic |
The 1.______ of Ice Cream |
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In Asia |
Perhaps first made in China at 2._____ a thousand years ago.
Then 3._____ to the Indians, the Arabs and the Persians. |
| In 4.______. |
First popular in Venice and then all 5.____ Italy.
Popular in France due to a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio who opened
a shop selling ice cream affordable to common people.
6. _____ in many small shops in the large cities of Germany.
Not as many ice cream shops in England. |
| In the 7.____. |
Americans eat the largest 8._____ of ice cream in the world.
Ice cream soda was not allowed to be 9._____ on Sundays in Evanston, Illinois. |
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Conclusion |
Ice cream is of different tastes and people have more 10._____ nowadays. |