Bitter, no salt, tastes like dirt.

苦，没有盐，尝起来像泥土。

Still, we do know the basics, and it seems that the sodium and chloride ions that table salt gets broken down into on your wet tongue happen to be the perfect ions for a couple of our salt taste receptors.

尽管如此，我们确实了解其基础，而且似乎食盐在湿舌头上分解成的钠离子和氯离子恰好是我们几个盐味受体的完美离子。