When I try to delete a clip, iMovie deletes the entire soundtrack!

I am again trying to edit a library program which we filmed. I'm using our "old" macbook running Mavericks and iMovie 9. This is what happened.
Our presenters had a Powerpoint presentation which they wanted us to integrate into the film. I saved it two ways: as a quicktime movie and as a group of photos in iPhoto. Then I began editing the film as usual. When I got to the Powerpoint presentation, I detached the audio from the film, split the clip, and deleted small segments. I then replaced those segments of film with the photos, which I treated as clips and made the same length as the clips I'd deleted.
It's fiddly work, but it was going well, and I had inserted 50 images when something strange happened. I was preparing to add another one, and split the clip, saved, and deleted as usual. This time, I found that, in addition to a 6.6 second clip, iMovie had deleted the entire soundtrack of the presentation! I can't understand why this is suddenly happening, after doing hours of work with no problem, and I can't understand how to stop it. It's maddening!
What I did: checked the disk and repaired permissions, twice. I also went to terminal and ran the daily, weekly, and monthly scripts. Nothing helped. It's still happening.
The macbook is a 2 GHZ Intel core duo with 2 gigs of ram. I have 26 gigs free on the hard drive.
Can anyone help me? I really need to get this film done, and I have more than 60 images to go!
Mary

"how can I see these green lines to find out where the audio is attached?" In the project timeline as shown in my screen shot in my last post - but as you will see below you don't have to worry about this.
Replacing a clip will avoid deleting any attached audio and ensure that the replacement clip has exactly the same duration, avoiding the sync problem.
However there is a still easier way. Don't split the video at all but simply place the Powerpoint slide stills above the video wherever you want them. They will replace the video below (cutaway clip). Now you can move and adjust the duration of the stills without any risk of loosing audio synchronisation.
More details at: http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0.8/#/movf525350f0
Geoff.

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