hiː wʌz ɐn ɛkstɹˈiːmli pˈɑːpjʊlɚ tˈiːtʃɚ, bˌʌt hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ wʌz pˈʌŋktʃuːˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ɹᵻkˈɜːɹənt ˈɪlnəs sˌoʊ ðæt hiː ɹᵻmˈɑːɹkt ðæt hiː wʌz lˈaɪk ɐ kˈæt ænd hæd nˈaɪn lˈaɪvz.
He was an extremely popular teacher, but his career was punctuated by recurrent illness so that he remarked that he was like a cat and had nine lives.