乔普林一家都爱好音乐。司格特的父亲会拉小提琴，母亲能弹奏班卓琴，全家所有人都爱在家中一起唱歌。
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.
今天我们要讲述的是美国最伟大的音乐作曲家、繁音拍音乐之王的生平司格特·乔普林。
Today we tell about the life and work of one of America's greatest music writers: Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime.
在锡代利亚，司格特·乔普林开始了音乐创作生涯。
弗洛伦斯和盖尔斯·乔普林夫妇在司格特十几岁时分居了。
Florence and Giles Joplin separated before Scott became a teenager.
但直至今天，司格特·乔普林仍显得神秘莫测，人们不知他何时何地出生，这些最基本的情况至今仍争论不休。
But, even today, much about Scott Joplin remains a mystery. There is conflicting information about the most basic facts, like when and where he was born.
司格特·乔普林早期的钢琴课不包括拉格·泰姆音乐。
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。
The Joplins were poor, so Scott's mother paid for the weekly lessons with food.
许多专家也认为，司格特·乔普林的歌剧“Treemonisha”中反映了父亲盖尔·乔普林离开后自己与母亲生活的情形。
Many experts also think Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" included incidents of his life with his mother after Giles Joplin left.
这首歌曲叫“枫叶拉格”，是司格特·乔普林100年以前的写的。
That song is called "Maple Leaf Rag." Scott Joplin wrote it more than one hundred years ago.
这首歌曲叫“枫叶拉格”，是司格特·乔普林100年以前的写的。
That song is called "Maple Leaf Rag." Scott Joplin wrote it more than one hundred years ago.
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