5·The desperate 不顾生死的 严重的 plight 情况of the South has eclipsed 日蚀 黯然失色 使不重要 the fact that reconstruction had to be undertaken also in the North，though less spectacularly 壮观的，引人注目的。
(同位语从句fact that…)
南方极为严重的困境使北方同样需要开始重建(尽管不像南方那么引人注目)这一事实显得不太重要。
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gh less spectacularly (省略)
1和2嵌套
1和3并列