Missing Airplane Listening Lesson

Listening: How to Search for a Missing Plane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9LExkYs7kg 

Vocabulary: 

1. The area the US has been asked to cover = the area the US is responsible for searching
2. Aircraft = airplanes and helicopters
3. The search area is vast and growing = the area is very large and getting bigger
4. Officials grapple with new clues = officials are having difficulty understanding new clues
5. Plane may have veered off course = the airplane might have gone in an different direction
6. Small pieces of debris = small pieces of the plane after an explosion or accident
7. Radar.. able to detect sth.  = radar can locate or find something         
8. Lawnmower = machine people use to cut grass
9. Able to cover X miles = able to search how many miles
10. Over the course of = during
11. Below the water's surface = under the water
12. National transportation safety board = department of the government for transportation safety
13. There is no precedent = never happened before
14. Reached the saturation point = reach the limit, cannot have any more or something

Questions:

1. In your opinion, is the international community doing enough to find the plane?
2. Do you believe what officials are saying about the situation? Why or why not?  
3. What else should be done?
4. What do you think happened to the plane? Why?