解:
$\begin{aligned}&\frac{2a}{a + 1}-\frac{2a - 4}{a^{2}-1}\div\frac{a - 2}{a^{2}-2a + 1}\\=&\frac{2a}{a + 1}-\frac{2(a - 2)}{(a + 1)(a - 1)}\cdot\frac{(a - 1)^{2}}{a - 2}\\=&\frac{2a}{a + 1}-\frac{2(a - 1)}{a + 1}\\=&\frac{2a-2(a - 1)}{a + 1}\\=&\frac{2a-2a + 2}{a + 1}\\=&\frac{2}{a + 1}\end{aligned}$