Translation of "Restrain" in Chinese

You should learn to restrain yourself.

你應該學習控制自己的情緒。

It would seem that the Chinese can't restrain themselves from speaking English with me, even though they know that I speak Chinese and that I'm not English.

中国人尽管知道我会讲普通话还知道我不是英国人，好象还是不得不跟我说英语。