5·The desperate 不顧生死的 嚴(yán)重的 plight 情況of the South has eclipsed 日蝕 黯然失色 使不重要 the fact that reconstruction had to be undertaken also in the North，though less spectacularly 壯觀的，引人注目的。

　　(同位語從句fact that…)

　　南方極為嚴(yán)重的困境使北方同樣需要開始重建(盡管不像南方那么引人注目)這一事實顯得不太重要。

　　分句1. The desperate plight of the South has eclipsed the fact

　　分句2. reconstruction had to be undertaken also in the North

　　分句3.though less spectacularly (省略)

　　1和2嵌套

　　1和3并列