A good ink stick should be ground so as to be refined black with luster.

一个好的墨应地以精致的黑色光泽。

And we pour some water into it, and we rub the ink stick, and then we can get the liquid ink we are gonna use in painting and writing.

我们往砚台中倒一些水，在它上面磨墨，然后我们就可以得到用来写字作画的墨汁。

With this foundation in place, one then attends to posture: grinding the ink stick evenly, holding the brush neither too tightly nor too loosely.

然后要注意写字的姿势：磨墨应端端正正，握笔要不松不紧。

Open that old tome from the bookshelf over the fireplace, stick your nose in its pages and smell the ink, the glue and the immortality of the printed words.

在火炉上方的架子上，您可以看到那中大书。翻开这本大书，将鼻子贴近书面，您可以闻到墨香，书胶，还有文字的古老气息。

Once that ink runs out, another stick goes in, and there's nothing that needs to be thrown away or recycled.

一旦墨跑出来，则另一根墨棒会进去，并且没有什么需要扔弃或回收。