跟着跛子，走路瘸腿。近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

He that lives with cripples learns to limp.

见猪就擦洗的人，自己也干净不了多久。(近墨者黑)。

He who scrubs every pig he sees will not be clean himself.

教育是由有生以来，耳濡目染影响的，形成我们人一生的行为，所谓「近朱者赤，近墨者黑，染于苍则苍，染于黄则黄。」

Education starts when we are born; what we constantly see and hear after our birth shapes our behavior throughout our lives.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑，同伴对我们往往会产生正反两方面的影响。一项新的研究表明，和“千斤小姐”同居的大学女生，往往更容易保持苗条身材。

Peers can influence our behavior in positive and negative ways. A new study finds that female college freshmen who room with heavier women may gain less weight.