14. A method for playing multimedia data, comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, multimedia data for play back and storing the multimedia data in a multimedia data buffer, wherein the multimedia data comprises audio data; playing back the multimedia data from the multimedia data buffer by the electronic device; pausing play back of the multimedia data by the electronic device at a pause position; extracting, by the electronic device, a target section of the audio data preceding the pause position, the target section being a specified duration in length and comprising a plurality of semantic statements; identifying a respective time interval between each pair of adjacent audio signals in the target section; determining, for each pair of adjacent audio signals, whether the respective time interval exceeds a first predefined time interval; when the respective time interval exceeds the first predefined time interval, identifying the respective time interval as comprising a beginning of a semantic statement; selecting a position within one of the respective time intervals comprising a beginning of a semantic statement; setting the selected position as a resume play back position; and resuming play back of the multimedia data by the electronic device from the resume play back position when a resume condition has been met.
14. A method for playing multimedia data, comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, multimedia data for play back and storing the multimedia data in a multimedia data buffer, wherein the multimedia data comprises audio data; playing back the multimedia data from the multimedia data buffer by the electronic device; pausing play back of the multimedia data by the electronic device at a pause position; extracting, by the electronic device, a target section of the audio data preceding the pause position, the target section being a specified duration in length and comprising a plurality of semantic statements; identifying a respective time interval between each pair of adjacent audio signals in the target section; determining, for each pair of adjacent audio signals, whether the respective time interval exceeds a first predefined time interval; when the respective time interval exceeds the first predefined time interval, identifying the respective time interval as comprising a beginning of a semantic statement; selecting a position within one of the respective time intervals comprising a beginning of a semantic statement; setting the selected position as a resume play back position; and resuming play back of the multimedia data by the electronic device from the resume play back position when a resume condition has been met. 16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the one of the respective time intervals is the respective time interval that comprises a beginning of an Nth semantic statement preceding the pause position, wherein N≧2.