1440克黄金！91岁谷先觉捐出毕生积蓄
双语君约 3 分钟校庆前夕，南京航空航天大学收到一份特殊的捐赠——1440克黄金。
捐赠人是1953级仪表专业校友谷先觉，如今她已是91岁的高龄。
A 91-year-old alumna of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has donated 1.44 kilograms of gold to her alma mater, offering a lifetime of savings to support its future development.
alumna /əˈlʌmnə/：女性校友
alumnae /əˈlʌmniː/：女性校友（复数）
alumnus /əˈlʌmnəs/：男性校友
alumni /əˈlʌmnaɪ/：男性校友（复数）；也可泛指男女校友
alma mater /ˌælmə ˈmɑːtər/：母校
1953年秋天，谷先觉拎着一只旧箱子，从安徽芜湖前往江苏南京，走进南航校门。毕业后，她去了沈阳119厂（航空仪表厂）。1958年初冬，她作为厂内的17名精英之一，赴京参与建设亚洲最大的航空仪表厂——232厂（北京青云航空仪表有限公司）。
退休后，谷先觉又被返聘到铁道科学研究院和时代公司，继续从事标准化工作，审查技术文件，给各级员工培训标准化知识，直到替公司培养出接班人，才真正告老回家。
Gu Xianjue enrolled in the university's instrumentation program in 1953. After graduation, she worked at aviation instrument factories in Shenyang and Beijing, later continuing her work in standardization after retirement.
她编撰出版《航空仪表产品设计简明标准手册》，参与多项航空行业标准的制修订，获航空工业部重大科技成果四等奖。
Over her career, Gu helped develop aviation industry standards and published a handbook on aviation instrument design standards.
She said she had gradually accumulated the gold by converting savings into the precious metal over the years.
"There's no point keeping these things by my side when they could go to places where they're needed more," she said. "I believe the university will put this fund to good use."
In 2023, Gu also donated her lifelong collection to the Wuhu Museum in Anhui province, her hometown.谷先觉把决定权交给学校，也把期许交给后辈。这份心意，不只是黄金本身，更是一位老人用一生积攒下来的信任。她相信南航会用好这笔捐赠，相信南航青年会走好未来的路。
来源：长安街知事综合南京航空航天大学
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