Gal Gadot Tells Women's Stories in New Docuseries

Gal¹ Gadot is using her Hollywood power to examine the lives of special women from around the world.

The "Wonder Woman" actor is host and executive² producer of a new documentary³ television show. It follows six women who improved their communities while dealing⁴ with poverty, violence, discrimination and natural disasters.

The 35-year-old Gadot said National Geographic⁵ Presents IMPACT with Gal Gadot grew from her need to "do something good with my fame and my social media."

She and her husband Yaron Varsano are both executive producers of the show. They got the idea after watching a short documentary from a music video director Ryan Pallotta about a dancer from a very poor neighborhood in Brazil.

"We completely fell in love with the story, and we decided⁶ that we're going to build a concept around the story," Gadot said.

The first episode⁷ follows a young Black figure skating coach in Detroit who has decided to spend her life coaching young girls of color to give them more power.

"...She's giving them a skill...that is familiar or familiar with white people doing it, which is ice skating," Gadot said.

Another episode tells the story of Kayla. She helps create a safe community for homeless transgender women of color in Memphis, Tennessee, by building homes.

Gadot said she is pleased that this year the Academy has included Nomadland director Chloé Zhao and Promising⁹ Young Woman director Emerald Fennell. Zhao won the Academy Award for Best Director on Sunday for her film.

"Women that are used to be only in front of the camera are now going to the other side of the camera and developing stories that they're passionate¹⁰ about and that they care about and that now it's becoming a norm¹¹, almost. You know, you see it with the Oscars," she said.

"There's a great change. But at the same time, I got to say that the change can only happen when we include the men. It's never like you can just empower the women and not educate the men."

She said that is what her part as Wonder Woman was able to do for a new generation of both boys and girls.

"It gives them a role model for boys to admire as well and to understand that women can be strong and great and just like men," she said. "So, for me, it's educating both women and men in order to reach this place that we always talk about gender⁸ and equality and all of that. We have to do this together."

Words in This Story

host – n. a person who talks to guests on a television show

documentary – n. a movie or television program that tells about actual people and events

concept – n. an idea

episode – n. a television, radio or other show that is part of a series

figure skating – n. ice-skating in which the skaters perform various jumps in a competition

passionate – adj. having, showing or expressing strong emotions or beliefs

role –n. the part someone plays in a performance or in an activity

gender – n. the state of being male or female

1 gal   

n.姑娘，少女

参考例句：

• We decided to go with the gal from Merrill.我们决定和那个从梅里尔来的女孩合作。
• What's the name of the gal? 这个妞叫什么？

2 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

3 documentary   

adj.文献的；n.纪录片

参考例句：

• This case lacked documentary proof.本案缺少书面证据。
• I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。

4 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

5 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

8 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

9 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

10 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

11 norm   

n.标准，规范，平均数

参考例句：

• Of his age,the child is above the norm in arithmetic.在他那个年龄，这个孩子的算术能力是超过标准的。
• These events were aberrations from the norm.这些事件不合常规。