IMovie sound problems

I make a Sports show for YouTube, and recently I have had problems with the audio. When I speak, it seems like the iSight camera isn't keeping up with my mouth movements. So it doesn't look and sound too great when I publish it to YouTube. Any help or advice?

many thanks sue I will try that!
any ideas why its happening though?
It does not matter how many or how few effect etc I use.... it is still the same...
for example...
I used 3 15 second clips, with no transitions between, the middle clip was speeded up by 20%, other than that no transitions or effects. I used a 45 second piece of a song, and previewed it was all fine. Onced shared down to a QT movie the sound goes bad during the middle clip ONLY!!!
Will try your advice though!!!
Many thanks
Blind JP

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