The Joplins were poor, so Scott's mother paid for the weekly lessons with food.
因为乔普林一家很穷，所以司格特的母亲给孩子每周的音乐课是用食物付费的。
2
The Joplins moved to Texarkana, Texas sometime after eighteen seventy-five and Scott grew up there.
约在1875 年后，乔普林一家搬到得克萨斯州特克萨卡纳市，乔普林在那里长大。
3
The whole Joplin family was musical. Scott's father played the violin. His mother played the banjo. And all the Joplins enjoyed singing together at home.