Americans have benefited greatly from keeping their pride alive America’s economic recession brought about a panic over the gloomy income prospects.

【分析】本句的关键问题是，这部分应该怎么处理：America’s economic recession brought about a panic over the gloomy income prospects，从内容和结构看，不像是pride的同位语从句，因为缺少连词that。这样的话，根据整个句子的意思看，似乎是漏掉了从属连词though：

Americans have benefited greatly from keeping their pride alive though America’s economic recession brought about a panic over the gloomy income prospects.

【翻译】尽管美国的经济衰退带来了对暗淡的收入前景的恐慌，但美国人却从他们一直固有的高傲自大中受益匪浅。