The outside of the house needs painting.

房子的外表需要油漆一下。

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The house needs painting.

这房子需要油漆。

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The exterior of the house needs painting.

房子外墙需要油漆。

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In the White House Rose Garden, the president told reporters the finger-pointing needs to stop.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Before a meeting on Tuesday with Democrats on the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, one of five House and Senate panels preparing legislation, the president said again that Congress needs to put politics aside and get the job done.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

I need you! John needs you!" After losing control of Congress in 2006 and the White House last year, Republicans are looking to rebound in this year's governor's races, and they seem to have the advantage in Virginia where Republican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds in public opinion polls.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"Society has changed and the House needs to change too, " she said.

BBC: Probe into boosting minority MPs

To avoid that, the House needs to pass the bill that the Senate already passed so that 98 percent of the American people will not have their taxes go up.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

The House needs to pass a short-term version of this compromise, and then we should negotiate an agreement as quickly as possible to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance for the rest of 2012.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on the Importance of Extending the Payroll Tax Cut | The White House