If a wish, interest, or emotion awakens or is awakened in you, you notice it for the first time.

My holiday in Paris awakened a passion for French food in me. 在巴黎度假使我迷上了法国菜。

If you awaken someone to something, you make them notice it or make them remember it.

I awakened him to his responsibilities for his children. 我使他认识到，他应对他的孩子们承担起责任。