A second and third door receded before me (вторая и третья дверь отодвинулись передо мной) and slipped to one side as the first (и скользнули в сторону как и первая), before I reached a large inner chamber (прежде чем я достиг большой внутренней комнаты) where I found food and drink set out upon a great stone table (где я нашел еду и питье, расставленные на большом каменном столе;
reach [ri: tS], severe [sI'vIq], search [sWtS]
A second and third door receded before me and slipped to one side as the first, before I reached a large inner chamber where I found food and drink set out upon a great stone table. A voice directed me to satisfy my hunger and to feed my calot, and while I was thus engaged my invisible host put me through a severe and searching cross-examination.
"Your statements are most remarkable (твои утверждения в высшей степени удивительны;
"Can you see through me?" I exclaimed (ты можешь видеть меня насквозь: «сквозь меня», — воскликнул я).
"Yes, I can see all but your thoughts (да, я могу видеть все, кроме твоих мыслей), and were you a Barsoomian I could read those (а если бы ты был барсумец, я мог бы читать и их)."
remarkable [rI'mQ: kqbl], equally ['i: kwqlI], conformation ["kOnfO:'meIS(q)n]
"Your statements are most remarkable," said the voice, on concluding its questioning, "but you are evidently speaking the truth, and it is equally evident that you are not of Barsoom. I can tell that by the conformation of your brain and the strange location of your internal organs and the shape and size of your heart."
"Can you see through me?" I exclaimed.
"Yes, I can see all but your thoughts, and were you a Barsoomian I could read those."