Listening: How to Search for a Missing Plane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9LExkYs7kg
Vocabulary:
- The area the US has been asked
to cover = the area the US is responsible for searching
- Aircraft = airplanes
and helicopters
- The search area is
vast and growing = the area is very large and getting bigger
- Officials grapple
with new clues = officials are having difficulty understanding new clues
- Plane may have veered
off course = the airplane might have gone in an different direction
- Small pieces of
debris = small pieces of the plane after an explosion or accident
- Radar.. able to detect sth. = radar can locate or find something
- Lawnmower =
machine people use to cut grass
- Able to cover X miles = able to search how many
miles
- Over the course of
= during
- Below the water's surface
= under the water
- National transportation
safety board = department of the government for transportation safety
- There is no precedent
= never happened before
- Reached the
saturation point = reach the limit, cannot have any more or something
Questions:
- In your opinion, is the international community doing enough
to find the plane?
- Do you believe what officials are saying about the
situation? Why or why not?
- What else should be done?
- What do you think happened to the plane? Why?