或者这样解释：“如果再发生这样的事，我不会那样对你了，在说出惩罚你的话之前，我会好好考虑几分钟。”

Or, you could explain that if you're in the same situation again, you plan to make a different choice: "Next time I'll take a few minutes to think before I blurt out a punishment."

youdao

老师：年轻人，我要好好惩罚你一下，好让你再也不会忘记。

Teacher: Young man, I'm going to give you a punishment you won't soon forget.

youdao

我不会将你拽向这条或那条路，当你迷失于我的心之外时，我也不会惩罚你。

I do not pull you this way or that, nor do I punish you when you stray from my heart.

youdao